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Israel - Medal, Numismatic Conference 36 Haifa Jerusalem 1987 - Silver 999, 155 g, 65 mm
The International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) is a worldwide non-profit organization. The aim of the organization is to coordinate initiatives, ideas and activities, related to the creation of a healthy numismatic market conducted on a high professional level, in terms of ethics and business behavior. The IAPN also encourages scientific research, the dissemination of numismatic information and the creation of friendly relations between members of the profession and other numismatists throughout the world. The IAPN was established in Geneva in 1951. This medal celebrates the 36th General Assembly which took place in Haifa and Jerusalem in June 1987.
On the obverse, in the center, appears the emblem of the organization and the inscription "International Association of Professional Numismatists" in English and French. At the top, around the emblem are inscribed "36th General Assembly", and in the lower section of the emblem "June 1987" "5 oz. silver .999".
On the reverse is a realistic likeness of a stone candelabrum found in Tiberias in a 2nd century AD synagogue, the arms of which are made from pomegranate peel, on top of which there is a vessel for oil. Around it is the Hebrew text "The 36th General Assembly - Haifa, Jerusalem, 5747" and in English "Haifa, Jerusalem, Israel".
The International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) is a worldwide non-profit organization. The aim of the organization is to coordinate initiatives, ideas and activities, related to the creation of a healthy numismatic market conducted on a high professional level, in terms of ethics and business behavior. The IAPN also encourages scientific research, the dissemination of numismatic information and the creation of friendly relations between members of the profession and other numismatists throughout the world. The IAPN was established in Geneva in 1951. This medal celebrates the 36th General Assembly which took place in Haifa and Jerusalem in June 1987.
On the obverse, in the center, appears the emblem of the organization and the inscription "International Association of Professional Numismatists" in English and French. At the top, around the emblem are inscribed "36th General Assembly", and in the lower section of the emblem "June 1987" "5 oz. silver .999".
On the reverse is a realistic likeness of a stone candelabrum found in Tiberias in a 2nd century AD synagogue, the arms of which are made from pomegranate peel, on top of which there is a vessel for oil. Around it is the Hebrew text "The 36th General Assembly - Haifa, Jerusalem, 5747" and in English "Haifa, Jerusalem, Israel".