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MEDALLIC EXONUMIA ISSUED BY JEWISH MERCHANTS & COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES:
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Australia, Victoria, "Levy Brothers" Jewish merchant token, 1889; struck in nickel by Stokes & Martin of Melbourne; weight: 9.2g; size: 30.25mm.
Obverse bears 4 line legend "LEVY BROS & Co LONSDALE St.E MELBOURNE" surmounted by wreath and date below; on reverse bust of Queen Victoria. Medallic rotation; beeded rim on obverse and reverse; plain rim.
In 1852 the Levy brothers, Goodman, Nathaniel and Lewis, established a luxury goods warehouse and importing business on Lonsdale Street, and the following year added a few more shops to their business. The business was still operating in 1912 on Lonsdale Street but by then also with branches in London, Hamburg and New York. In VF with a hole on the top and bottom of the token.
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Item Code: 0130632 Price: SOLD
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Germany, Hamburg Jewish-Christian Calendar medal ("kalendermedaille") for 1804-5565; struck in silver; by Abraham Abrahamson (unmarked); 42.5mm, 20.45g.
Obverse depicts annual dates for Sundays for each month, with the Jewish year "5565" and holiday dates below; on obverse, intricate table with operating times of the Hamburg city (castle) gates.
This calendar medal was commissioned by a Hamburg coin dealer, Jobst Schramm, and struck for him by the famous Jewish medalist Abraham Abramson of Berlin; the inclusion of Jewish dates and holidays, as part of the commissioned work, underscores the relative importance of the Jewish merchant community of the city at that time (JM-78).
In VF+/EF: all details fully visible and relatively little wear, but a few small surface nicks in places; Feille-3776; Gaedechen #2006, vol. 3; JM-78/143.
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Item Code: 0130337 Price: €400
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Germany, Prussia; Jewish-Christian calendar medal (Kalendermedaille), 1804/5565; struck in white metal; by [Daniel Friedrich] Loos; weight: 19.25g; size: 44mm.
Obverse bears device of sun shining in center with dates "1804" above and "5565" [Hebrew date, from Sept. 1804 onwards] below, with 3 more rings around it containing text and dates, and bordered title at top "Calender".
On reverse intricate calendar with symbols for moon phases, seasonal dates at top and birthdates of Prussia's royal family below (King Friedrich Wilhelm III on 3 August [1770]). Of Jewish interest are the references and dates for "Jüdischen Ostern" ["Jewish Easter" - Passover], "Zerstörung Jerusalems" ["Destruction of Jerusalem" - Tisha Be'Av], "Versöhnung" ["Reconciliation" - Yom Kippur] and "Lauberhüt" [Sukkot].
Although Prussian Jewry was granted municipal citizenship in 1808 and then full citizenship in 1812, Frederick William III did not support the latter's implementation and instead promoted restrictive legislation against Jews during his reign.
Jewish calendar medals such as this are well documented for the years 1804-1805 (JM-78), specifically in Hamburg where there Jewish merchant class was highly regarded; for Prussia, this type of medal is almost unknown, and the possible connection between Prussia and Jewry probably lies in the appreciation felt for Friedrich Wilhelm III's predecessor, Friedrich Wilhelm II, who in his time (1786-97) instituted a series of reforms granting the Jews greater rights - for otherwise, no significant Jewish legislation took place between 1797 and 1804.
In VF-EF, with excellent detail and much original luster; slightly uneven planchet.
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Item Code: 0130598 Price: €550
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Great Britain, London; E. Moses & Son calendar medal, 1856; struck in silvered tin; no makers mark; weight: 16.85g; size: 40.5mm.
Obverse depicts left facing bust of the Duke of Wellington (Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley) with dates of his birth and death; on reverse a calendar of the dates of Sundays for the year 1856. In EF-AU, with much original luster; planchet a little uneven though no signs of any damage which would have caused this.
Wellington was the hero of the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon (1815), served as British Prime Minister (1828-30) and as commander in chief of the British army until his death (1852). The token may commemorate him among other reasons because the firm manufactured uniforms.
Elias Moses (1783-1868), a Jewish clothing retailer and manufacturer, established his business in 1832, gradually developed it into a major chain which was distinguished by its novel concept at that time of operating on low margins with a high sales turnover, and for its advertising techniques. Elias married the daughter of his competitor, Hyam Hyams, another major Jewish clothes retailer (whose merchant tokens are featured here). By the 1860's E.Moses & Son was one of the most important retailers of ready-made clothes in Britain.
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Item Code: 0130599 Price: €40
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New Zealand, Wellington, "Lipman Levy" one penny Jewish merchant token (ND), circa. 1857-1880; struck in copper; no artist mark but medallist is W. J. Taylor of London; weight: 15.2g; size: 34.75mm.
Obverse legend around edge "LIPMAN LEVY | WELLINGTON . NEW ZEALAND" and 5 lined legend in center "IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF BOOTS & SHOES".
Reverse legend around edge "ONE PENNY TOKEN | PAYABLE AT L.LEVY'S LAMBTON QUAY" and 6 lined legend in center "LEATHER & GRINDERY OF ALL DESCRIPTION THE TRADE SUPPLIED". Coin rotated strike; milled edges on obverse and reverse; plain rim. In EF with nice toning; Andrews #321 and Atkins #327.
Lipman Levy was born in London but moved to Wellington in 1842, and opened a business importing and manufacturing shoes and tools for shoemakers and leatherworkers ("grindery). His business issued a total of four tokens between the years 1857 and 1880 (when Levy died) - 3 varieties of Pennies and 1 half-penny. Taylor retained the dies he made for Lipman and some of the Lipman designs appear as mules of other New Zealand merchants. The tokens were all demonetised in 1897.
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Item Code: 0130633 Price: €275
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Romania, Bucuresci (Hunedoara County, Transylvania) "Jsak [Isaac] Focşaner" Zionist coffee and tea house token for 10 Bani (ND), circa. early 1920's; struck in brass; no maker marks; weight: 4.3g; size: 25.5mm.
Obverse bears narrowed Star of David with Hebrew word "Zion" in center, with Romanian legend around edge "Jsak Focşaner * Bucuresci *"; on reverse number "10" in center with legend around edge "Cafenea si Ceainerie Moderna" ["Modern Coffee and Tea House" - note the French influence of the word "Ceain" as "Ceainerie"] with rosette device at base. Medallic rotated strike; beeded edge on obverse and reverse. In VF.
Transylvania came under Romanian control following the Versailles treaty of 1920 (hence the estimated dating of this token); the city of Bucuresci (not to be confused with Bucuresti - Bucharest, the capital but spelled - oddly - on the token without the accented "ş") is located in Hunedoara country, which, according to Jewish history sources, was part of a region populated by Reform Jews desiring integration and assimilation, as opposed to the more Orthodox Jews in the rest of Romania who identified more with Zionism and emigration.
A possible reason for the word "Zion" appearing on this token lies with the proprietor's name, "Focsaner" - "of the city of Focşani": during the period of the first "Aliya" (immigration wave to Palestine of religious Jews, 1860-1903 - many sources even date the first Aliya from 1881), as a result of the influence of this unorganized movement, on 30-31 December 1881, the First Congress of all Zionist Unions in Romania for the promotion of settlement in Eretz Israel (Palestine) was held in the west Romanian city of Focsani.
This congress, held 16 years before Dr. Theodore Herzl's First "World Zionist Organization" Congress in Basel (1897), had a major influence on Romanian Jews, and the coffee house proprietor, probably eschewing the significance of that event took the city's name as his own surname and promoted Zionism through his business work in the more Reform region of Hunedoara.
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Item Code: 0130621 Price: €550
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St. Helena, "Solomon Dickson and Taylor" half penny token (ND), circa. 1821; struck in copper(?); no artist mark; weight: 7.15g; size: 28.75mm.
Obverse legend "Payable at St. Helena" with business name in center on 5 lines; on reverse signature device at center with title around edge "One Half Penny". Coin rotated strike; beeded edge; possibly milled rim.
The merchant Saul Solomon is believed to have arrived at the island of Saint Helena about 1790, where he formed the Solomon Dickson and Taylor company (the latter two possibly being London partners); in 1821, the business issued its own copper currency of 70,560 halfpennies probably to bolster local trade, and these circulated alongside the British East India Company's local coinage until the Crown took over the Island in 1836. In VF; Atkins p.243 #5
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Item Code: 0130635 Price: €30
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United States > (location unknown): L. Levy "Lane Grocery" bottle-return 5 cent token; brass; size: 21.5mm; weight: 3.05g. Obverse legend "L. Levy | Lane Grocery | 501 19th N.". On reverse "Good for 5¢ on Return of Bottle". Rotated alignment; milled edge on obverse, plain edge on reverse.
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Item Code: 0131092 Price: €35
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United States > California? (San Francisco?): David Roth's Jewelers 10 cent token; brass; size: 18.25mm; weight: 2.85g.
Obverse legend "David Roth's Sons Jewelers 1st & Market".
On reverse "Good for 10¢ in Trade". Coin alignment.
Unknown token; the corner of 1st Street and Market Street would be today's financial district of San Francisco.
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Item Code: 0131101 Price: €60
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United States > Florida (Miami): privately made personal 1 cent token for Roger Merritt, collector of Jewish numismatics, 1979; copper; size: 20.25mm; weight: 3.5g.
Designed in the size of an American penny: obverse legend "5739 1979 | Roger J. Merritt | Collector of Numismatic Judaica | Miami Beach, Fl. Good for 1¢".
On reverse replica of Jewish "Shekel" coin from the Bar Kokhva revolt. Medal alignment.
Roger Joel Merritt is a lawyer as well as a contributor to the "Shekel" journal of the American Israel Numismatic Association.
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Item Code: 0131094 Price: €7
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United States > Illinois > Chicago/Skokie: Piser Memorial Chapel (uniface) parking token, ND (circa. 1960's+); tin; size: 32.25mm; weight: 2.75g.
Obverse legend "Piser Memorial Chapel Parking"; beeded edge.
The Piser Chapel for Jewish Funeral Services has existed since the 1960's and has branches in Chicago and Skokie.
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Item Code: 0131097 Price: €10
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United States > Illinois > Chicago: L. Rosenzweig 5 cent nightclub? token; brass; size: 24.75mm; weight: 4.5g.
Obverse "L. Rosenzweig Chicago." with compressed six-pointed star in center. On reverse "Good for 5¢ at the Bar". Rotated alignment; beeded edge.
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Item Code: 0131100 Price: €35
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United States > Illinois > Peoria: Guy Hornish music company $10 token; tin; size: 38.5mm; weight: 6.3g.
Obverse depicts a grand piano with legend "Guy Hornish Music Co. | Peoria Life Bldg Peoria Ill. | Everything in Musical Instruments".
On reverse "Good For $10.00 (at time of purchase) on any Piano or Player Piano | Only One Coin Accepted on a Sale." Medal alignment; judging by available sources this business existed at least since 1922.
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Item Code: 0131090 Price: €35
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United States > Illinois > Rock Island: Charles Fiebig's and Sons advertising token; aluminum; size: 28.25mm; weight: 2.1g.
Obverse legend "Chas. Fiebig's Sons Locksmiths | 1619-3 Ave. Rock Island".
On reverse: "Keys-Locks | Guns Ammunition & Fishing Tackle". Coin alignment; beeded edge.
Charles Fiebig was a German-born immigrant (b. 1847), a locksmith, safecracker and electrician who opened a well known locksmith shop in Rock Island; he fought in the American Civil War and became a local 'legend' across cities in America for his ability to open safes which other experts were unable to crack, with some 500+ safe-openings to his credit.
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Item Code: 0131082 Price: €18
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United States > Massachusetts > Boston: Bernard and Friedman leather and shoe store lucky token; bronze(?); size: 22.5mm x 26.75mm; weight: 4.6g.
Horse-shoe shaped token: obverse bears coat of arms device and reverse reads "Golden Calf". Hole punched at top for mounting or wear.
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Item Code: 0131083 Price: €7
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United States > Minnesota?: Menter clothes store $1 token (ND), 1960's?; gilded metal; size: 32.75mm; weight: 10.35g.
Obverse bears eagle with legend above and below "Clothing on Credit | Menter | Satisfaction Honor Service".
On reverse emblem of "1oo" surmounted by three lines of legend: "Good for One Dollar | On Purchase of $10 or More | Good as Gold | One to a Customer | Cash This To Day". Coin alignment.
The Menter clothing company was once a large chain of stores in the midwest, and tokens similar to this one were produced with state or city names, for Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Some sources suggest that it began in Rochester, New York as the "Menter and Rosenbloom" clothing company around 1908-1912 before becoming "Menter Stores". The mass-produced 'feel' of the token suggests it's from the 1960's (eg. post-War).
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Item Code: 0131093 Price: €15
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United States > Nebraska > Imperial: Kramer's Recreation Room 5 cent scalloped token; brass; size: 21mm x 21.25mm; weight: 2.65g.
Obverse legend "Kramer's Recreation Room Imperial Nebr."
On reverse "Good for 5¢ in Trade". Coin alignment; beeded circular frame on obverse and reverse.
Though part of a collection of Jewish merchant tokens, in all likelihood, similar to other tokens of this type, because of the remote location of the town, the Kramer who ran this establishment was probably a non-Jew of German origin.
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Item Code: 0131091 Price: €12
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United States > New York: "Felix's Kosher Dining Saloon" Civil War era token, 1863; no artist's mark; struck in brass; weight: 2.65g; size: 19.5mm. Coin rotated strike; milled edge on obverse. One of the only period tokens issued with a Hebrew word ("Kosher") on it. In VF-EF; scarce, and usually found in copper.
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Item Code: 0130634 Price: €175
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United States > New York > New York City: Nathan and Rose Goldberg's Propect Theater 50 Cent token; cupronickel; size: 32.5mm; weight: 10.6g.
Obverse bears double portrait of female and male with legend around edge, "Nathan & Rose Goldberg's Prospect Theater | Prospect Ave. & 161 St. N.Y.C.".
On reverse, legend, "Don't Throw this Coin Away | This Coin is Worth 5 Cents When Redeemed at the Box Office on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday Eve". Milled edge; coin alignment.
The Prospect Theater was located in the Bronx district of the city, from about 1927 to early 1940's and staged Yiddish productions (though operating on a Sabbath, apparently not run by religious Jews). Nathan Goldberg was an actor, director and producer.
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Item Code: 0131088 Price: €15
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United States > New York > New York City: Rosenthal & Kaplan jewelers advertising token; aluminum/tin; size: 22.5mm; weight: 1.4g.
Obverse legend: "Rosenthal & Kaplan | MFG. | SOLD | JWL'RS | 15 John St. N.Y.C.". Reverse depicts stylized "R & K" device with legend "Ring Makers | Established 1906". Coin alignment.
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Item Code: 0131099 Price: €25
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United States > Ohio > Ashland: Moshers Men's and Boy's Wear encased cent 'good luck' token, ND (1956); tin with encased copper US cent; size: 35mm x 40.5mm; weight: 6.3g.
The token is shaped as a horseshoe. Obverse legend "Moshers Men"s and Boy"s Wear | 20 E. Main St. Ashland, Ohio".
On reverse horseshoe and 4-leaf clover devices with legend "Keep me and Never go Broke | I Bring Good Luck".
Punched hole at base, probably to wear as tallion. Possibly manufactured by Earl Fankhauser (known as "the Penny Man"), of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who produced many similar encased cent tokens with this shaped design and legend.
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Item Code: 0131096 Price: €15
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United States > Ohio > Cleveland: Rosenblum clothes shop advertising token, circa. 1936; gilded copper(?); size: 25.25mm; weight: 7.75g.
Obverse depicts a horseshoe with inverted swastika device (in the style of an Indian good luck symbol), with legend "Clothiers to the Family | Lucky Piece".
On reverse right-facing profile of Rosenblum with legend "It's Easier to Pay the Rosenblum Way | 321 Euclid Avenue". Coin alignment; milled rim.
The business was founded prior to 1912 as the "M.Rosenblum Credit Clothing Company" (on Ontario Street) and already then used the slogan which appears on this token, and promoted itself through installment payment for purchased clothes and offered a satisfaction guarantee.
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Item Code: 0131098 Price: €12
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United States > South Dakota > Hosmer: Gottlieb's Store 50 Cent token; aluminum; size: 29mm; weight: 1.75g.
Obverse legend "Gottlieb's Store"; reverse legend "Good for 50¢ in Merchandise".
Reverse countermarked with "W"; medal alignment.
Similar to other tokens in our consignor's collection of Jewish merchant tokens, despite the name, the proprietor, "Gottlieb J. Walth" was a Lutheran of Volga-German descent (as were most of the mid-late 19th Century settlers in South Dakota). The business was later known, in the 1960's as "G.J.Walth and Co. Inc."
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Item Code: 0131089 Price: €6
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United States > North Dakota > Napoleon: Mitzel and Welder Lunch-Room and beer parlor 10 cent octagonal token (ND), circa. 1920's; brass; size: 20.5mm x 20.5mm; weight: 2.9g.
Obverse legend "Mitzel and Welder | Lunch-Room and Schmidt's Beer Parlor | Schaaf Mpls. | Napoleon, N.D.". On reverse "Good for 10¢ in Trade". Medallic alignment.
Napoleon was founded in the 1880s by immigrants from Germany and Volga-Germans (Russia), though available research suggests that the proprietors of these businesses (indeed the townsfolk as a whole) were not Jewish (though our consignor collected this piece as part of his collection of Jewish merchant tokens): Welder, may have been Paul Welder, whose house was a rectory; Mitzel may have been Martin Mitzel, who ran his own beer parlor.
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Item Code: 0131095 Price: €15
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United States > South Dakota > Springfield: S. B. Gelfand 5 cent octagonal store token; aluminum; size: 21.5mm x 21.5mm; weight: 1g.
Obverse legend "S.B.Gelfand | Springfield, | S.D.".
On reverse "Good for 5¢ in Trade". Slightly rotated alignment; beeded frame.
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Item Code: 0131084 Price: €6
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United States > South Dakota > Springfield: S. B. Gelfand 10 cent octagonal store token; aluminum; size: 24.5mm x 24.5mm; weight: 1.35g.
Obverse legend "S.B.Gelfand | Springfield, | S.D.".
On reverse "Good for 10¢ in Trade". Slightly rotated alignment; milled frame.
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Item Code: 0131085 Price: €6
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United States > South Dakota > Springfield: S. B. Gelfand $1 octagonal store token; aluminum; size: 36.5mm x 36mm; weight: 3.1g.
Obverse legend "S.B.Gelfand | Springfield, | S.D.".
On reverse "Good for $1oo in Trade". Rotated strike; milled frame.
This business had branches in different cities and towns within South Dakota with different token designs for them, such as in Tyndall.
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Item Code: 0131086 Price: €18
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United States > Washington > Seattle: Weisfield & Goldberg Jewelers $2.50 store token; gilded bronze(?); maker-marked 'Grammes' (probably of Allentown, Pennsylvania) size: 31.75mm; weight: 10.35g.
Obverse features right-facing bust of George Washington with legend "Golden Jubilee 'Grow-a-Diamond Plan'" and "This lucky coin always good for $2.50 to $50 on the diamond ring of your choice Bring it to Weisfeld & Goldberg".
Reverse depicts diamond device with identical legend. Coin alignment.
The Weisfeld and Goldberg jewelry business was a large store and existed since at least the early 1920's until at least the early 1940's.
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Item Code: 0131087 Price: €12
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MEDALLIC EXONUMIA ISSUED BY ISRAELI BUSINESSES & COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES:
HISTORICAL MEDALS & TOKENS COMMEMORATING JEWISH and ISRAELI BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS:
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Germany: 25th Anniversary of Israel Loan Institute of Hamburg, 1841, by Hans Friedrich Alsing; bronze, size: 45mm, weight: 38.45g: featuring a bee hive and legends in German (Biblical quotations: "Give him your hand and lend him as much as he needs... one helped the other and said to his brother 'Be Safe'."). In UNC overall (as far as surface wear) and lovely patina and toning but adversely affected by numerous tiny pockmarks and signs of possible cleaning.
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Item Code: 0130016 Price: €175
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CONTEMPORARY MEDALS & TOKENS OF APPRECIATION TO ISRAELI and JEWISH BUSINESSES:
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Israel Military Industries ("Ta'as") commemorative token on Israel's 30th Anniversary, 1978; struck on planchet of 1 Lira coin(?); weight: 12.2g; size: 30mm. Obverse bears emblem of the IMI surrounded by olive wreaths; on reverse the official emblem of Israel's 30th Independence anniversary, with legend "To Ta'as Employee Independence Day 5738 [1978]". With hole at top and milled edge; in VF.
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Item Code: 0130137 Price: €20
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Israel Military Industries ("Ta'as") 20 years of service medal of appreciation, 1968; struck in gilded brass(?) by the Shekel medal company (etched on rim); weight: 26.4; size: 35mm. Obverse bears the State's coat of arms with legend "To commemorate years of service in the military industries 1948-1968"; on reverse is the emblem of IMI.
Probably issued to employees working at IMI since the founding of the State (1948) as opposed to the more usual tie-in between a round numbered Independence Day and a separate special event, as this medal does not bear the official emblem of the 20th Anniversary of Israel's Independence (seen on many other types of commemorative medals). In UNC; JTM-MM-11.
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Item Code: 0130148 Price: €35
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Israeli Military Industries ("Ta'as") 50th anniversary commemoration medal, 1983; struck in tombak; weight: 25.95g; size: 39.5mm. Obverse depicts the emblem of the IMI (the IDF's emblem of an olive branch intertwined with a sword, on a background of a factory wheel), with legend "50th Jubilee of the Military Industries" 1933-1983; on reverse the official emblem of Israel's 35th Anniversary with legend "Year of Bravery" and along edge "35 Years of Israel's Independence".
IMI began as a cottage industry in the town of Givatayim, to equip the pre-State defence militia, the "Hagana", and developed in time into an organized body of workshops producing a variety of hand-held weapons, including the Sten and the Uzi. Today IMI is involved in several fields in the defence industry, from electronics to engines and weaponry, helping make Israel the 4th largest player in the global defence industry. In VF-EF.
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Item Code: 0130149 Price: €30
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