State Medal - Searchers for the Messiah Everlasting Love
Features
| Location |
Israel
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Israel Government Coins and medals Corp. |
| Period |
State of Israel (1948-date)
|
| Type | Art medals |
| Year | 1986 |
| Composition | Silver (.999) |
| Weight | 10 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Coloured, Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 554421 |
| References | ICMC# 25122267 Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com) |
Commemorative issue
Searchers for the Messiah
Series: State Art
Obverse
"Searchers for the Messiah", Original lithograph in 15 colors. Each lithograph is signed by the artist in Hebrew and English with the letter "C". The word "Jerusalem" in Hebrew and in ancient Hebrew writing.
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
מצפים למשיח
ירושלים
SEARCHERS FOR THE MESSIAH
קסטל
CASTEL
Designer: Moshe Castel (משה קסטל)
Reverse
Likenesses of a man and a woman with forever interlaced arms. The words "Everlasting Love" (Jeremian 31:2) in Hebrew, English and ancient Hebrew writing. The artist's signature in Hebrew and English.
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering:
אהבת עולם
ירמיה לא,ב
EVERLASTING LOVE
JEREMIAH 31, 2
קסטל
CASTEL
Designer: Moshe Castel (משה קסטל)
Edge
The emblem of the state of Israel. The words "State of Israel" in Hebrew and English and the metal content of the Gold and Silver Medals.
Scripts: Hebrew, Latin
Lettering: STATE OF ISRAEL 🕎 מדינת ישראל SILVER 999 כסף
Mints
| Government Printer - Israel Mint, Tel Aviv, Israel | |
| Kretschmer Mint, Jerusalem, Israel |
Comments
Moshe Castel's inspiration for his mystical painting called "Searchers for the Messiah" is based on an incident from the life of the "Ari", one of the best known mystics from Safed. The painting depicts the "Ari" and his followers reaching out with their arms towards the outstretched arm of the Messiah. The other major idea expressed by Castel, that of "Everlasting Love", is seen in the forms of a man and a woman with arms interlaced in a gesture of mutual giving and radiating eternal love between them.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1986) | 4 031 | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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Bullion value: USD 21.78
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Actual silver weight: 0.321 oz
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