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purdueable

Anyone good at reading Hebrew? I have several Isreali coins I need assistance with.

Im currently going through my late grandfathers Coin Collection and organizing everything in a giant spreadsheet for documentation. His US collection was over 600 coins. I'm about halfway through documenting everything onto a spreadsheet but I've started to run into some countries that are a little more difficult for me to decipher.

He had 18 Isreali Coins in the collection. From my readings online, the years are in Hebrew, which I'm struggling mightily to read, despite online guides. Can anyone do me a favor and help me identify the year of the coins?

Image 1, Side 1. https://i.imgur.com/ZlV9ewM.jpg

Image 2, Side 2. https://i.imgur.com/MWR8NgQ.jpg

Image 3, Close up of 1 coin. https://i.imgur.com/pF7wmmE.jpg

I didnt go through and photograph every coin but I can provide it once I find someone willing to help.

Thanks!

Posted Aug 10, 2018, 2:40 AM UTC

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PolskaaaaaaaHelpful Commenter, Collects Indian Princely States•

1 - 1987 10 agorot
2 - 1991 10 agorot
3 - 1988 10 agorot
4 - 1991 10 agorot
5 - 1989 10 agorot
6 - 1987 10 agorot
7 - 1967 10 agorot
8 - 1962 10 agorot
9 - 1991 10 agorot
10 - 1987 10 agorot
11 - 1987 10 agorot
12 - 1985 5 agorot
13 - 1964 5 agorot (which is a rare date, but the market isn't big sadly, a similar one sold for just $4 on ebay)
14 - 1944 Ethiopia 1 santeem
15 - 1989 1 shekel
16 - 1987 1 shekel
17 - 1989 1 shekel
18 - I need a closeup of this one

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purdueableOP•

I'll get that to you late this evening.

Appreciate your time on this a lot!

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PolskaaaaaaaHelpful Commenter, Collects Indian Princely States•

And btw, the numbers are left to right, top to bottom (so row 1 is #1-4, then 5-8, etc. I went based off image 1 (the date side).

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purdueableOP•

Bonus photo of Page 1 of his American Collection

https://i.imgur.com/12ruXxz.png

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pudpull•

I don’t think anything here is valuable, but I’m not an expert on coin value.

On the bottom right, the coins with the numeral 1 are modern 1 shekel coins (they say “new shekel.”).

You also have various smaller denomination 5 and 10 agorot, again, not so exciting.

I am not sure what the other coin is offhand, the one that looks more like a penny.

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purdueableOP•

I understand that. What I'm looking for is the year though. This is simply for my spreadsheet.

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pudpull•

Oh, sorry. The photos are too blurry for my eyes to parse that info for you.

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purdueableOP•

If you can read Hebrew can I provide you close up photos to translate? Will probably do that tomorrow if you don't mind.

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pudpull•

I won’t be able to get to it next week anyway. I think there are translate sub-Reddit’s, or a Hebrew one, where you could get it done more quickly. Good luck!

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HarlanGrandison•

https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/calendar-hebrew-35.html

This should help

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ZehParaYT•

These are pretty much useless, I believe there’s no year premium to the 10 agorot coins since they’re still on circulation. The shekel coins at the bottom are still in circulation too so they’re pretty much worthless to collectors. The older agorot look nice but it’s not hard to come across, i have more than a few just laying around. Nevertheless, a nice addition to a collection.

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OhWhatACruelWorld69•

Not really useful coins in here since they all are regular coins. There are some hannukah 10 agorot and 1 shekel coins out there, but they aren’t worth much either.

There are also more rare “40 years to Israel” (מ שנים לישראל) they might be a little more valuable.

Also one of the coins in your collection is in amharic.

Edit- fuck smartphones.

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PolskaaaaaaaHelpful Commenter, Collects Indian Princely States•

I'm willing to help, I might need closer photos but I'll see what I can do with these.

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