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Medal - Exchange National Bank of Chicago

Features

Location Israel
Issuing entity Israel Government Coins and medals Corp.
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals
Year 1972
Composition Silver (.935)
Weight 115 g
Diameter 59 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
566677
References ICMC# 25905592
Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)

Commemorative issue

Exchange National Bank of Chicago

Series: Memorials & Commemorative

Obverse

Above, a portion of the U.S. flag. Below, a portion of the seven branched candelabra. In the center, in Hebrew "Exchange National Bank of Chicago, the first American Bank in Israel 5730".

Script: Hebrew

Lettering:
אקסצ'ינג' נשיונל בנק אוף שיקאגו
הבנק האמריקאי הראשון בישראל
תש"ל

Engraver: Moshe Novak

Designers: Gerd Rothschild (גרד רוטשילד), Zeev Lipman

Reverse

On the left, the bank emblem as it appears on its cheques. The rest of the space is occupied by an English inscription: a duplicate of the Hebrew on the Obverse except for the date which is 1970.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
EXCHANGE
NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO
THE FIRST
AMERICAN BANK
IN ISRAEL
1970

Engraver: Moshe Novak

Designers: Gerd Rothschild (גרד רוטשילד), Zeev Lipman

Edge

The word "Israel" in Hebrew and English. The silver medals bear "Silver 935" in Hebrew and "Silver" in English. The Gold have "G 91 6.6".

Scripts: Hebrew, Latin

Lettering: STATE OF ISRAEL 🕎 מדינת ישראל SILVER 935 כסף

Mint

Moshe Hecht, Tel Aviv, Israel

Comments

Exchange National Bank of Chicago
Medal, 5732-1972
 

The Exchange National Bank of Chicago was the first American Bank to open a branch in Israel. The Bank was opened in Tel Aviv in 1970.
 

Serialization: All the medals are numbered.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1972)  505

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Actual silver weight: 3.457 oz
Current silver price: 69.13 USD/oz (see silver price )

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