ISRAEL Albert Einstein silver medal (1998)
$140.00
ISRAEL, medal, no date (1998), Obverse: bust half L, ALBERT EINSTEIN in cursive Hebrew and cursive English, Reverse: building on hill, 50-Menorah logo, E=MC2, MIZTPE RAMON WISE OBSERVATORY TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY, in Hebrew and English,
WISE OBSERVATORY TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY inHebrew and English, Edge: plain, .999 STATE OF ISRAEL in Hebrew and English, and serial #, .999 silver, 50mm, 60g, matte, in case with certificate, IGCMC sells this for $229.00, Unc
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Description
There are two kinds of things that are called “medals.” One is things that look like coins but don’t express a value. Sometimes those medals are considerably larger than most coins. The other kind of medal is a metal thing designed to be displayed on one’s chest, often a reward for something, often in a military context. If the medal is small enough it is sometimes called a “medallet.”
The word “exonumia” is used to describe all kinds of things that are “like” coins but are not coins. I wrote a blog post on that subject. Basic categories: 1. used like a coin but not issued by a national government, 2. looks like a coin but not made for spending, 3. other things that we are interested in.
