Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Four Templar Tokens (Complete Set) - First Issue

Opening: $250
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Four tokens. Apparently struck in the royal mint of Wurttemberg for use by members of the Templar community in its settlements in Palestine. The tokens circulated from 1880 to the end of WW I (1917).
Four tokens, denominations: 5, 10, 20 and 40 Para. Complete set, first issue.
Obverse: a plow and the legend "Centralcasse des Tempels" [the central fund of the Temple]. Reverse: denomination
5 Para: 16 mm, condition: Fine-VF. 10 Para: 18 mm, condition: VF; 20 Para: 20 mm, condition: VF-XF. 40 Para: 23 mm, condition: VF-XF.
Objects, Numismatics (Banknotes, Shares, Tokens etc.)
Objects, Numismatics (Banknotes, Shares, Tokens etc.)