Auction 84 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art

Including: Items from the Estate of Ruth Dayan, Old Master Works, Israeli Art and Numismatics

Collection of Scrips – The A. Nigrin Grocery Store in the Old City of Jerusalem / The Noah Amerman Bakery in Hebron – The British Mandate

Opening: $100
Sold for: $350
Including buyer's premium
Ten paper scrips – Jerusalem and Hebron during the British mandate. 1-7. Seven scrips for use at the "A. Nigrin quality grocery store, the Jews Steet in the Old City". Face values of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 mils. 8-10. Three scrips, face values of 1, 5, and 10 Egyptian Kuruş. Issued in the 1920s by Noah Amerman, a baker in Hebron (inked stamp of the business on verso of one scrip). Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Noah Amerman (also spelled Imerman) a baker and scholar, born in Slutsk, one of the victims of the 1929 Palestine Riots. Studied at the Szczucin Yeshiva and with the outbreak of World War I was drafted into the Russian army, in which he served for three years. After the war, apprenticed as a baker under his father and divided his time between Torah study and work. He immigrated to Palestine in 1925 and opened his own bakery in Hebron – the Amerman Bakery, which became one of the most successful in the town. Was brutally murdered on Av 18th, 1919.
Share Certificates, Stamps, Scrips, Banknotes, Coins, Medals
Share Certificates, Stamps, Scrips, Banknotes, Coins, Medals