Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Four Templer Tokens – Complete Set

Opening: $300
Sold for: $938
Including buyer's premium
Four Templer tokens, made of brass, in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 40 Para. Complete set of the first series (without the legend Consummarke):
Obverse: the denomination. Reverse: a plow and wheel (symbolizing the agricultural settlement) and the German legend Centralcasse des Tempels.
The tokens were issued for internal use of the members of the Templer community in Palestine (presumably at the Royal mint in Stuttgart, Germany) and were in circulation from 1880 to the end of World War I (1917).
5 Para: 16 mm. 10 Para: 18 mm. 20 Para: 20 mm. 40 Para: 23 mm. VF-XF.
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