Lot 477
Four Tokens - "Café Werner", Haifa - "Yellow Series"
Four bronze tokens, denomination: 10, 20, 30 and 40 Mils. Issued by Zvi Werner, who arrived in Haifa from Vienna and opened Café Werner on Herzl Street, in 1935.
The tokens were imported by Zvi Werner blank and the legends have been impressed on the tokens in Haifa. The tokens were in circulation until the café was closed in 1951, when the owner passed away. It is believed that the tokens were used by the waiters for calculations and at times of shortage of coins there were used as currency.
Obverse: denomination. Reverse: "Café Werner Haifa".
10 Mils: 21 mm, condition: AU-. Clip, luster. 20 Mils: 23 mm, condition XF. Some luster. 30 Mils: 25 mm, condition: VF. 40 Mils: 28 mm. Condition: VF.
