Liberation

61.0 mm, 105 g, copper

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Issuing Year 1958
Material Copper
Weight 105 g
Diameter 61.0 mm
Max Mintage 25000
Design Rothschild and Lippmann ("Roli")

Liberation
State Medal, 5718-1958

The consequences of the great Judean Revolt against Rome which began in 66 CE. had a dire effect upon Jewish history. All the valor and the fierce fanaticism of the defenders could not withstand the onslaughts of the Roman legions stationed locally and later reinforced by two additional legions drawn from the Danube legion and the auxiliary forces recruited from the nearby provinces. The Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. and Titus celebrated his victory. The Romans struck a special series of coins to commemorate the occasion known as the "Judea Capta" series, so named for the inscription on the coins "Judea in Captivity". The palm tree on the coins generally stands for Judea. At the side of the tree, a Jewish captive (a man or a woman), prizes of war, an image of the victorious Emperor, or other representatives. The "Liberation" medal was first issued by Israel in 1958 in connection with its Tenth Anniversary. The State Medal depicts the contrast - the destruction of the Temple versus the renewal of Jewish Independence in our time. A Hebrew farmer planting a sapling in place of a Jewish captive hand bound; a jubilant Hebrew mother holding her infant aloft instead of the sorrowful Jewish woman weeping for the destruction of her homeland.

Obverse: In the center - symbol of Israel's liberation". A farmer planting a tree, a gleeful woman holding her child aloft, a seven branched palm tree bearing two clusters of fruit. Around the rim, the Hebrew inscription "A decade of Israel's Liberation 5718(1948) and in Latin "Israel Liberation".

Reverse: A duplicate of a Roman coin struck on the occasion of the conquest of Jerusalem by Vespasian in the year 70 C.E. On the left, Vespasian the victor; on the right a mourning Hebrew woman sitting under a palm tree, the symbol of Judea. The edge of the Roman coin bears the Latin inscription "Judea Capta", Judea captured, below, the letters S.C. standing for "Senatus Consultum", by order of the Senate. Around the rim of the medallion, a chain, the symbol of captivity, and a Hebrew inscription "Judea in Exile 3830 (70 C.E.).

Edge: Copper medals - edge smooth. Bronze and silver medals - The State emblem and the words: "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English. Silver medals bear "Silver 1935" in Hebrew and "Sterling" in English on the medals minted by Zechovoy. Those minted by Hecht have "Silver" in English.

Serialization: The 61 mm silver medals are numbered.

Designer: Rothschild and Lippmann ("Roli").

Engraving: Kretschmer.

Mint: Copper - Kretschmer: 5,000, Amnograph: 20,000. Bronze/Sample - Zechovoy. Silver 61 mm - Zechovoy numbered to 1386. Some, including plugged medals, are not numbered. The rest are numbered up to 1386. Hecht- 1614 medals-from 1387 to 3000. Silver 35mm - Zechovoy: 2299; Hecht: 2496.

NOTE: A number of sample medals bronze 59mm and silver 61 mm were minted after the dye was invalidated by drilling two holes into the dye. The projections that were caused on the medals thus minted were then polished and removed leaving evident marks. Numismatists call these "Plugs".

Issue Name: Liberation 1958

Series Name: Memorials & Commemorative


Catalog SKU Condition Diameter Issue Price Issuing Year Material Quantity Weight
35000611 61.0 mm NFS 1958 Gold/917 2 160 gr
25000350 35.0 mm 15 LI 1961 Silver/935 4778 30 gr
15000594 59.0 mm NFS 1958 Bronze 553 120 g
15000617 61.0 mm 5 IL 1958 copper 25000 105 g
25000619 61.0 mm 125 IL 1958 Silver/935 2980 115 g
33190027 27 mm 30$ 1958 Gold/900 10,000 15 gr
55157307 30 mm x 1988 Platinum 1,250 15.55 g