Lot 474
Three Templar Tokens
Three brass tokens in denominations of 5, 20 and 40 Para. Presumably minted by the royal mint in Wartemberg, Stuttgart, for the use of members of the Templar community in its settlements in Palestine. In circulation from 1880 to the end of World War I (1917)
Obverse: denomination. Reverse: a plow and the legend "Centralcasse des Tempels" (the central fund of the Temple).
5 Para: 16 mm. VF.
20 Para: 20 mm. VF+.
40 Para: 23 mm. Fine.
Provenance: The Bruno Kirschner collection.
