Lot 168
Token – Mikveh Israel – 1 Piastre
1 Piastre Brass token of the Jewish agricultural school "Mikveh Israel" (founded in 1870).
Obverse: denomination and the legend "Mikweh Israel." Reverse: "AIU" [Alliance Israélite Universelle].
See: Sylvia Haffner, "Judaic Tokens and Medals, " item CC-4A; Isaiah Shachar, "Jewish Tradition in Art: the Feuchtwanger Collection of Judaica", the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1971. No. 741b.
According to Shachar, Mikveh Israel tokens resemble the Zikhron Ya'akov tokens [issued in 1885], and were probably minted in the same period by the same mint.
Diameter: 27 cm. EF-AU.
