1922 $1 Peace Dollar Counter-stamped '1993 Middle East Peace Accord,' NGC MS64
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It was 100 years ago that the Peace dollar made its debut on the numismatic stage to honor the end of World War I. This collectible combines honoring the end of that war along with the historic '1993 Middle East Peace Accord.' We don't know how many Peace dollars carry this historic counter-stamp, but the author of the below post discusses 50 that were given out in Oslo, Norway, at the conclusion of the Middle East Peace Accord. However, many more were counter-struck to be sold to collectors.
Commemorating this historic event upon a coin was the brainchild of Mel Wacks, who founded the Jewish-American Hall of Fame in 1969; it became a division of the American Jewish Historical Society in 2001.
A post on the Collectors Universe entitled 'Counterstamped Peace Treaty Peace dollars' (March 29, 2021), discussing the 1993 Counter-stamped Peace dollar, states, "Whilst the Peace Accord between the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and Israel disintegrated after a Zionist extremist assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Rabin on 4 November 1995, the above coin is an interesting commemorative of the accord, and encouragement for a future peace...
50 of these were issued in Norway, and presented to, among others:
Johan Jørgen Holst (the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Terje Rød-Larsen (architect of the agreement)
Mona Juul (architect of the agreement)
Jan Egeland [Norwegian diplomat]
Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli prime minister)
William Jefferson Clinton (US president)
Yasser Arafat (chairman of the Palestinian Authority)
Sheik Yassin (head of Hamas)
Mahmoud Abbas (architect of the agreement)
Ehud Barak (Israeli Chief of the IDF)
Yossi Beilin (architect of the agreement)
Ron Pundak (architect of the agreement)
Shimon Peres (architect of the agreement)"
| PCGS # | 7357 |
|---|---|
| Grading Service | NONE |
| Year of Issue | NONE |
| Grade | NONE |
| Denom Type | N/A |
| Numeric Denomination | $1 |
| Mint Location | NONE |
| Designation | NONE |
| Circ/UnCirc | Not Specified |
| Strike Type | N/A |
| Holder Variety | Counterstamped "1993" Middle East Peace Accord |
| Grade Add On | NONE |
| Holder Type | N/A |
