Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $700
Sold for: $10,625
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Four brass tokens. Issued by the "Mikveh Israel" School for the use of students and employees, 1885 or 1886.
The tokens have no note of the name of the currency (apparently, to refrain from breaching Turkish law. We can assume that their value was quoted in piasters or metliks). On the one side is their value surrounded by the inscription "Mikweh Israel" and on the other side are the letters "AIU" Alliance Israélite Universelle.
The tokens have the values of 1 (two tokens), ½ and ¼. Tokens of other values were not minted.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 741b.
The tokens have no note of the name of the currency (apparently, to refrain from breaching Turkish law. We can assume that their value was quoted in piasters or metliks). On the one side is their value surrounded by the inscription "Mikweh Israel" and on the other side are the letters "AIU" Alliance Israélite Universelle.
The tokens have the values of 1 (two tokens), ½ and ¼. Tokens of other values were not minted.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 741b.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $800
Sold for: $9,375
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Three brass tokens, for use by the settlers of "Zichron Ya'akov". Minted in Paris in 1885.
The tokens were used by the settlers but their use spread to Arabs living in adjacent villages who traded with the Jews. Noted on one side is their value surrounded by the inscription "Zichron Jacob" and on the second side "Zichron Ya'akov" in Hebrew letters. The tokens have the value of 1, ½ and ¼ (undecided if piaster or metlik). Tokens of other values were not minted.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 741a.
The tokens were used by the settlers but their use spread to Arabs living in adjacent villages who traded with the Jews. Noted on one side is their value surrounded by the inscription "Zichron Jacob" and on the second side "Zichron Ya'akov" in Hebrew letters. The tokens have the value of 1, ½ and ¼ (undecided if piaster or metlik). Tokens of other values were not minted.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 741a.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $1,063
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Lead token. Minted in Petach Tikva, [end of 19th century].
"Petach Tikva" tokens are minted only on one side, inscribed with the letters "P. T." ["Petach Tikva"] and the numeral 2.
"Petach Tikva" tokens are minted only on one side, inscribed with the letters "P. T." ["Petach Tikva"] and the numeral 2.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $500
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Eleven brass and nickel-plated zinc tokens. Apparently, minted in the royal mint in Wartemberg, Stuttgart, for use by members of the Templar community in their settlements in Eretz Israel. Were cycled from 1880 until the end of World War I (1917).
Written on one side is their value and on the other is a plow which represents the idea of agricultural-industrial settlements, surrounded by the inscription "Centralcasse des Tempels" – The Central Fund of the Temple". Seven tokens belong to a series where the inscription "Consummarke" – "Consumer Token" appears surrounding the value.
Here is a total of three Consummarke tokens brass minted, values 10, 20, and 40 (nearly complete set); four Consummarke tokens minted with nickel-plated zinc, values 5,10, 20, and 40 (complete set); four "regular" tokens, values 5, 10, 20, 40 (complete set).
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art – The Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 1132.
Written on one side is their value and on the other is a plow which represents the idea of agricultural-industrial settlements, surrounded by the inscription "Centralcasse des Tempels" – The Central Fund of the Temple". Seven tokens belong to a series where the inscription "Consummarke" – "Consumer Token" appears surrounding the value.
Here is a total of three Consummarke tokens brass minted, values 10, 20, and 40 (nearly complete set); four Consummarke tokens minted with nickel-plated zinc, values 5,10, 20, and 40 (complete set); four "regular" tokens, values 5, 10, 20, 40 (complete set).
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art – The Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 1132.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $5,750
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1-2. Two tokens issued by the "Breish & Company". Jaffa, 1880s. "Breish & Company" was a private commercial company owned by a Templar. Noted on one side is the value of the token and on the second side is the inscription "B&C". In 1888, the company was closed and its tokens were redeemed. The tokens have the values of ¼ and ⅛ (piaster?).
3. Token of the value of ½ (piaster?), noted on one side is its value and on the second side the inscription"B&G" and a small emblem. Apparently, it also was use by a private Templar company in Jaffa at the end of the 19th century.
3. Token of the value of ½ (piaster?), noted on one side is its value and on the second side the inscription"B&G" and a small emblem. Apparently, it also was use by a private Templar company in Jaffa at the end of the 19th century.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $500
Sold for: $2,125
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12 bronze and copper-nickel tokens. Issued by Zvi Werner, who came to Haifa from Vienna and opened the "Werner" Café on Herzl Street in 1935.
On one side of the token is its value and on the other side is the inscription "CAFÉ WERNER HAIFA". Zvi Werner imported blank tokens, before impression, and the inscriptions were impressed on them in Haifa. They were in use until the café closed in 1951.
Some people think that the tokens were used by the café's waiters for calculations and in the times when coins were scarce they were used as coins as well.
The tokens' values are 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50. Every token, of every value appears here in two variations: one made of bronze and one of copper-nickel. Tokens other than these values were not minted.
Rare.
On one side of the token is its value and on the other side is the inscription "CAFÉ WERNER HAIFA". Zvi Werner imported blank tokens, before impression, and the inscriptions were impressed on them in Haifa. They were in use until the café closed in 1951.
Some people think that the tokens were used by the café's waiters for calculations and in the times when coins were scarce they were used as coins as well.
The tokens' values are 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50. Every token, of every value appears here in two variations: one made of bronze and one of copper-nickel. Tokens other than these values were not minted.
Rare.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $500
Sold for: $6,875
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1-4. Four bronze tokens. Issued by the "Palatin Hotel", built at the corner of Achad Ha'Am and Allenby Streets by an American Jew in the middle of the 1930s. The tokens have the values of 10, 5, 1, and ½ piaster.
5-6. Two bronze tokens. Issued by the "Jerusalem Hotel" built in 1867 by the Drisko brothers in the American-Templar settlement in Jaffa (today 6 Auerbach Street). The tokens have the values of 1 and ½ piaster.
5-6. Two bronze tokens. Issued by the "Jerusalem Hotel" built in 1867 by the Drisko brothers in the American-Templar settlement in Jaffa (today 6 Auerbach Street). The tokens have the values of 1 and ½ piaster.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $150
Sold for: $525
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Six charity tokens and a token of "Payment for Shechita". Eretz Israel, [late 19th - early 20th century].
1-4. Four round tokens, "Z. D./C. K."(Hebrew acronym of "Zedaka", "Chevra Kadisha"). These tokens were designated for casket carriers or were given to beggars at the cemetery on the Mount of Olives. Dov Genachovsky assumes that these tokens were issued by Torat Chaim Yeshivah, established in Jerusalem in the 1890s. See: Arie Kindler's article in 'Alon' – Internal Quarterly of the Israel Numismatic Society (Volume V, No. 3, April 1974), and see: Catalogue of "Jewish Tradition in Art – The Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 164.
5. Square token, "Charity saves from death".
6. Square token, "Payment for shechita".
7. Square token, unidentified.
1-4. Four round tokens, "Z. D./C. K."(Hebrew acronym of "Zedaka", "Chevra Kadisha"). These tokens were designated for casket carriers or were given to beggars at the cemetery on the Mount of Olives. Dov Genachovsky assumes that these tokens were issued by Torat Chaim Yeshivah, established in Jerusalem in the 1890s. See: Arie Kindler's article in 'Alon' – Internal Quarterly of the Israel Numismatic Society (Volume V, No. 3, April 1974), and see: Catalogue of "Jewish Tradition in Art – The Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 164.
5. Square token, "Charity saves from death".
6. Square token, "Payment for shechita".
7. Square token, unidentified.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $150
Sold for: $938
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Seven charity tokens. Syria, [late 19th - early 20th century].
1-6. Six round tokens – "BiTzdaka Tikonani" – " In righteousness shalt thou be established" (Isaiah 54, 14), with the Hebrew letters "Bet" and "Kaf" (probably acronym of "Beit Knesset" – Synagogue). The numeral "101" in the center symbolizes the angel Michael, an angel associated with charity. The numerical sum of the Hebrew letters for Michael equals "101".
7. Round token, "This for charity / D. P.". The meaning of the letters D. P. is doubtful. Ya'akov Meshorer assumes in his article "Another Jewish Charity Token" (Shekel, Vol. 9, No. 1, New York, Spring, 1976), that these are the abbreviations of either Dalet Perutot (4 Perutot = 4 mites) or Dalet Pe'amim (4 times).
1-6. Six round tokens – "BiTzdaka Tikonani" – " In righteousness shalt thou be established" (Isaiah 54, 14), with the Hebrew letters "Bet" and "Kaf" (probably acronym of "Beit Knesset" – Synagogue). The numeral "101" in the center symbolizes the angel Michael, an angel associated with charity. The numerical sum of the Hebrew letters for Michael equals "101".
7. Round token, "This for charity / D. P.". The meaning of the letters D. P. is doubtful. Ya'akov Meshorer assumes in his article "Another Jewish Charity Token" (Shekel, Vol. 9, No. 1, New York, Spring, 1976), that these are the abbreviations of either Dalet Perutot (4 Perutot = 4 mites) or Dalet Pe'amim (4 times).
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $150
Sold for: $1,375
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Brass charity token. Beirut, Lebanon, 1904.
Inscribed on one side is "Charity for the Poor, Bikur Cholim 5664" and on the other side "Beirut". The edge of the token is sharp.
For further details about the use of charity tokens, see previous items.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art – The Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 164b.
Inscribed on one side is "Charity for the Poor, Bikur Cholim 5664" and on the other side "Beirut". The edge of the token is sharp.
For further details about the use of charity tokens, see previous items.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art – The Feuchtwanger Collection" by Dr. Yeshayahu Shachar (published by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971), Item 164b.
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
Opening: $200
Sold for: $750
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1. Coin / token - "Historical HolyLand Coin" ("Milliemes Souvenir") value of 1 Milliemes, 1927. The circumstances surrounding the minting of this coin were not definitely clarified. For additional information, see attached material.
2-6. Five coins Egyptian "Milliemes", 1916-1917, values 10, 5, 2, 1 and ½ Milliemes (all have holes except the ½ Milliemes coin).
2-6. Five coins Egyptian "Milliemes", 1916-1917, values 10, 5, 2, 1 and ½ Milliemes (all have holes except the ½ Milliemes coin).
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Auction 28 - Objects - Judaica, Ceremonial Art and Israeliana
January 23, 2013
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Sold for: $500
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Five Egyptian coins and tokens with Arabic inscriptions from the time of the Turkish rule in Eretz Israel, before 1917.
Amongst them is a coin with the value of 2 piaster. The rest of the coins were not thoroughly examined or not identified.
Amongst them is a coin with the value of 2 piaster. The rest of the coins were not thoroughly examined or not identified.
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