100 Pruta Israel 1954 Utrecht Mint NGC AU-58 Very Rare! KSCWC value ,000 MS-60

Description

100 Pruta Israel 1954 Utrecht Mint RRR
Certified and Graded by NGC as Choice Almost Uncirculated AU-58
NGC #4246806-002
Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins value ,000 in MS-60 (See images)
Numismatic References:
KM# 19
Haffner-P23
Taken out of Circulation! Original mintage 20,000 of which est. 1,000 remaining!
7.39 gr Nickel Clad Steel (Magnetic!)
25.6 mm
The typical Copper Nickel non-magnetic 1954 100 Pruta type has the wreath close to rim. The Utrecht variety is one of the most famous rarities in the Israel trade coin series. The smaller wreath (farther from rim) variety was struck at the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Sylvia Haffner writes: "The 1954 reduced size 100 Pruta was withdrawn from circulation shortly after issue, when it was discovered that the similarity in size to the 50 Pruta led to confusion between the two. The number of coins destroyed is not available. The difference between the Bern and Utrecht dies was not discovered until 1960, three years after the coins were released in 1957. Only about 1000 of the Utrecht die variety are presently believed to exist. The Utrecht die issue has a smaller wreath that is further from the edge, smaller berries at the top, smaller beading, and narrower zeroes in the denomination.