Medal - 500th Anniversary of the Expulsion from Spain

Features

Location Israel
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1992
Composition Bronze (Bronze/tombac)
Weight 98 g
Diameter 59 mm
Shape Round
Number
N#
176544
References ICMC# 15195593
Israel Coins and Medals Corporation (https://israelmint.com)

Commemorative issue

500th anniversary

Obverse

Map illustrating the expulsion with arrows showing the routes taken by the refugees and a sailing ship typical of the period. Below the map is the passage "I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE" in Hebrew and English. Around the circumference, above, the words "500 ANOS DE LA EXPULSION" in Hebrew and Spanish; below, "1492-1992.5252-5752".

Lettering: נכספה וגם כלתה נפשי לחצרות ה'

Designer: Nathan Karp

Reverse

Wall from the 14th century Shmuel Halevi Abulafia Synagogue of Toledo with inscribed Psalms. On the right, a Jew in the traditional costume of the Moslem period, the seal of Todros Halevi and, in the background, the Kabbalistic spheres. Below, the verse "My heart longed for the courtyards of the Lord" in Hebrew.

Lettering:
500 שנה לגירוש יהודי ספרד
ANOS DE LA EXPULSION
לא אמות כי אחיה...
I SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE...
1492-1992 הרנ"ב-התשנ"ב

Designers: Galia Eisen, Han Eisen

Mint

Kretschmer Mint, Jerusalem, Israel

Comments

All medals are numbered.

Bronze/tombac - 4,825 numbered, 10 melted.

https://www.israelmint.com/?section=518&product=2477&lineItem=323

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1992  4 817

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