Israel - International Numismatic Congress 1987 Medal - Silver 999, 155 grams, 65 m"m

Israel - International Numismatic Congress 1987 Medal - Silver 999, 155 grams, 65 m"m Medal, 5747-1987 The International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPM) is a worldwide non-profit making organization. The aim of the organization is to coordinate initiatives, ideas and activities related to the creation of a healthy, numismatic market conducted on a high professional level, in terms of ethics and business behavior. IAPM also encourages scientific research, the dissemination of numismatic information and the creation of friendly relations between members of the profession and other numismatists throughout the world. The IAPM was established in Geneva in 1951 and met for its first general assembly in Florence, Italy, in 1952. Since then, without interruption, annual general assembly meetings have been convened in various cities throughout the world with organization provided by local members. This medal celebrates the 36th General Assembly which took place in Haifa and Jerusalem in June 1987. Obverse: In the center, the emblem of the organization and the inscription "International Association of Professional Numismatists" in English and French. At the top, around the emblem, "36th General Assembly". In the lower section of the emblem "June 1987" "5 oz. silver .999". Reverse: A realistic likeness of a stone candelabra found in Tiberias in a 2nd Century C.E. synagogue and whose arms are made from pomegranate peel on top of which there is a vessel for oil. Around it in Hebrew "The 36th General Assembly - Haifa, Jerusalem, 5747" and in English "Haifa, Jerusalem, Israel".