Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Charity Token - Beirut, 1904
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
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.
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.
Objects, Numismatics (Banknotes, Shares, Tokens etc.)
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