The Shekel: Volume 50 No. 1

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by  American Israel Numismatic Association

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Early AINA History detailed
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Six Day War medals, exonumia
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Commemorative Balfour medal
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Bacchius the Jew ’ unusual coin
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Published by the American Israel Numismatic Association, Inc.
"The Shekel” is a two-time winner of The American Numismatic Association s award
for “Outstanding Specialty Numismatic Publication
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Website: www.theshekel.org
OFFICERS
Mel Wacks, President and Editor-in-Chief
Contact Mel via E-mail: [email protected]
or call [phone]
Josh Prottas, Vice-President
Donna Sims, Treasurer
Aaron Oppenheim, Secretary
GENERAL CONTACT
Donna Sims, P.O. Box 20255, Fountain Hills, AZ 85269
E-mail: [email protected]
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Josh Prottas, Roger Merritt, Ira Rezak, Danny Spungen (2017)
Donna Sims, Oded Paz, (2018)
Walter Ostromecki Jr., Aaron Oppenheim (2018)
Mel Wacks, Michael Mooney (2019)
EDITOR: The Shekel
Andrew Perala, PO Box 6626, Kamuela, HI 96743
E-mail: [email protected]
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Mel Wacks (Chairman), Stephan Fregger,
Simcha Kuritzky, Ira Rezak
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The American Israel Numismatic Association (AINA) was founded in
1967 as a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the study and
appreciation of Israel’s numismatics, past and present, and all aspects of
Judaic numismatics. More information is available on our web site www.
theshekel.orer. Articles and Letters to the Editor are invited to be sub-
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mitted to The Shekel Editor Andrew Perala.
Advertisers: Annual ad rates are $750 for a full page and $200 for l/5
page; please contact Mel Wacks.
2013 & 2014 American Numismatic Association
First Place : Outstanding; Specialty Numismatic Publication
2016 Numismatic Literary Guild winner: Pest Article
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THE SHEKEL
VOLUME L NO. 1 (NO. 267)
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH 2017
_ANDREW PERALV EDITOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Early history of the
America Israel
Numismatic
Association
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Coin of Bacchius the Jew
leads to re-analysis of
history, major conflicts.
BY MARVIN TAMEANKO
Medals, medallions, key-
fobs and other exonumia
of the Six Day War
President's message.5
AINA's New Balfour Declaration/Jerusalem
Reunification medal.6
Balfour medals honor historic recognition 47
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SIGNATURE of IAM TREASURER in the LOWER RIGHT SHEET
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A.I.N.A.’s 50th Anniversary
T
hey say that time flies when
President’s Message
you are having fun—so I
must have been enjoying
myself while the fifty years
of AINA’s history has flown
by. Nat Sobel, the first edi¬
tor of The Shekel, initially
asked me if I would like to
be a member of the Board of
Directors, and the founder of
AINA, Morris Bram, invited
, . • • i AINA’s 50th Anniversary commemorative medal, with
me to be on the original , , . ,, . , , . .
° obverse designed bv Mel Wacks and reverse designed
board. And the rest, as they by Nat SobeL
say, is history. I have been on
of whom have been avid readers of
the board almost continuous¬
The Shekel for all fifty volumes.
ly and have had the honor of being
In particular, I thank those who
president since 2002.
have contributed to our non-profit
I want to honor my friends and
organization, like Dr. Herbert Lip-
associates who have made AINA
pitz who recently gave us a gener¬
a success. In addition to the afore¬
ous $500 donation that will help
mentioned Morris Bram and Nat
sponsor the new annual Shekel
Sobel, there was the long-running
Prize for the outstanding published
president Moe Weinschel, and
work on Israel, Judaic or Holy Land
long-serving Shekel editors George
Numismatics.
Gilbert and Ed Schuman.
Last but definitely not least I
Shekel contributors such as
want to thank my long-suffering
Ed Janis, Sylvia Haffner Magnus,
wife, Esther, who has had to put up
David Hendin, Marvin Tameanko
with a garage filled with Shekels,
and current editor Andrew Perala
AINA medals, boxes filled with
have helped make the Shekel an
old newspaper articles, etc. as well
“Encyclopedia of Israel, Judaic and
as incessant conversations about
Holy Land Numismatics,” that will
AINA and Shekel business over the
be available to future generations
past fifty years.
on the Newman Numismatic Portal
I wish all of our members con¬
(https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/pub-
tinued pleasure from the wonderful
lisherdetail/511938). We lost Mar¬
hobby of numismatics,
vin recently, and he will be greatly
missed by our readers.
bi
Of course I want to thank the
support of all AINA members, some
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Sneak Preview:
NEW AINA
MEDALS
CELEBRATE 2 ANNIVERSARIES!
Balfour Dec lari a tion ’s 100th.
50th of Jerusalem ’s Reunifica tion
Photographs of original plaster models by Heidi Wastweet.
By Mel Wacks
lsewhere in this issue you
that there would be no numismatic
will find a selection of medals
remembrances of these celebrations
issued to commemorate the Balfour this year.
Declaration, and a multitude of
Israel is not issuing commemora¬
medals and a few coins issued to
tive coins or medals until they find
commemorate the Six-Day War and
a new distributor, and no one can
the Reunification of Jerusalem.
predict when that might happen.
These are two of the most impor¬
So, the Board of Directors of the
tant events to take place regarding
American Israel Numismatic As¬
Israel in modem times. And yet
sociation has approved the issuance
with very important anniversaries
of a limited number of bronze, pure
occurring this year (the 100th An¬
silver, and gold-plated silver 2-inch
niversary of the Balfour Declaration
high relief medals with one side
and the 50th Anniversary of the
commemorating the 100th Anniver¬
Reunification of Jerusalem Dur¬
sary ot the Balfour Declaration and
ing the Six-Day War), it seemed
the other side celebrating the 50th
that there was a distinct possibility
Continued
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Lord Balfour’s desk, in the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, in Tel Aviv.
to order at special AINA member
Continued
Anniversary of the Reunification of discounted prices:
Jerusalem.
Mel Wacks, President of AINA, Antique Bronze Medal (250 limit) @
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created the design concepts, and $39.50 (SAVE OVER $10, Regularly
Heidi Wastweet refined the designs $50).
and sculpted the medal. Heidi is the
incoming President of the American - Antique Pure Silver Medal (100 lim¬
Medallic Sculpture Association, and it) @ $150 (SAVE $50, Reg. $200).
in 2010 she was invited to serve
a four year term on the Citizen’s - Gold-Plated Pure Silver (50 limit)
Coinage Advisory Committee for @ $180 (SAVE $70, Regularly $250).
the US Mint in Washington DC;
Heidi is now serving her second - Complete Set of Gold-Plated Pure
Silver, Pure Silver & Bronze @ $355
term.
Heidi Wastweet has produced (SAVE $145, Reg. $500).
more than 1,000 coins, medals,
Add $5 per order for shipping. Please
tokens and other numismatic items
allow up to 75 days for delivery.
since 1987, including the medal
presented annually to the winner
To order call 818-225-1348, for
of the American Medal of the Year
Paypal use email address ainamem-
(AMY) competition.
[email protected], or send check
These historic commemorative
to AINA, PO Box 20255, Fountain
medals are now in production—and
Hills, AZ 85269. nu
if you act quickly, you will be able
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A.I.N.A.
The
The Early History of the
American Israel
Numismatic Association
(Reprintedfrom the
March-April 1977
issue of The Shekel)
By GEORGE GILBERT
The AINA logo designed by Nat Sobel, the
first Editor of The Shekel.
I
n the sum¬
mer of 1967,
a small, wiry and
aggressive Israeli,
Joseph Milo, who
had been sent to
the United States to
further the sales of
Israel’s coins and
First AINA Membership medal, produced in 1973 for AINA by
medals through an
the Israel Coins and Medals Corporation.
ambitious plan to
and with thousands affiliated
reach Americans
members-at-large, with programs
through coin dealers and even
of education and related numis¬
sponsoring banks in many com¬
matic activities was conceived by
munities, met with an American
the two at a meeting held in the
collector of Israel’s coinage and
midtown New York City Hotel
medals, Morris Bram, a recently
Roosevelt.
retired businessman seeking ways
It was thought that the organi¬
to interest others in the historic
zation would be international in
importance of Israel’s numismatic
scope, with collectors in Canada
efforts.
and Israel, possibly even other
The concept of a national orga¬
countries, joining.
nization, with a network of clubs
Continued
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