Lot 469
Charity Token - Beirut, 1904
Charity token, brass. Beirut, Lebanon, 5664 [1904].
Obverse: the Hebrew legend "Charity for the poor, visitation of the sick, 5664". Reverse: the legend "Beirut". The token's edge is serrated.
Diameter: 22 mm.
See: "Jewish Tradition in Art, the Feuchtwenger Collection of Judaica" by Dr. Yesha'ayahu Shachar (Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1971), item 164b.
