any body ever seen one of these?

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I have seen it before. Palm tree, bunch of grapes; it resembles a coin from Israel. I dont know if its authentic.
 

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I think its considered a fantasy coin.

"...the clearest indication that these are not actually ancient Jewish coins is the writing; the letters have their modern Hebrew shapes, rather than their ancient forms."
 

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Thank you so verry much for solving my question. I guess a new MD is not in my near future lol
 

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my wife got one of those around 20 years ago, in change at the grocery store !I think it was about a.d.37, maybe 137..Prince Simon? comes to mind, I still have it in a book somewhere.I think it was a souvenier from the holy land, and a copy....sorry ! :(
 

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