Lot 232
Charity Tokens – Eretz Israel
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.
