Lot 352
Collection of Scrips – The A. Nigrin Grocery Store in the Old City of Jerusalem / The Noah Amerman Bakery in Hebron – The British Mandate
Ten paper scrips – Jerusalem and Hebron during the British mandate. 1-7. Seven scrips for use at the "A. Nigrin quality grocery store, the Jews Steet in the Old City". Face values of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 mils. 8-10. Three scrips, face values of 1, 5, and 10 Egyptian Kuruş. Issued in the 1920s by Noah Amerman, a baker in Hebron (inked stamp of the business on verso of one scrip).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
Noah Amerman (also spelled Imerman) a baker and scholar, born in Slutsk, one of the victims of the 1929 Palestine Riots. Studied at the Szczucin Yeshiva and with the outbreak of World War I was drafted into the Russian army, in which he served for three years. After the war, apprenticed as a baker under his father and divided his time between Torah study and work. He immigrated to Palestine in 1925 and opened his own bakery in Hebron – the Amerman Bakery, which became one of the most successful in the town. Was brutally murdered on Av 18th, 1919.
