Tokens – Jewish Stores and Merchants in Tasmania and London

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Eight tokens, minted for use by Jewish stores and merchants in Tasmania and London. Second half of the 19th century.
1. Token issued by John Ashby, stock broker in Bartholomew Lane bank. London [ca. 1820]. On one side appears a bull with the head of banker Nathan Meir Rothschild and the inscription ”John Ashby Stock Broker no. 3, Bartholomew Lane Bank". On the reverse appear the office hours and animal bear with the head of the banker Moses Macatta.
Diameter: 35 mm.
2. Token minted by R. Josephs, New-Town Toll Gate in Tasmania, 1855.
Diameter: 33 mm.
3. Token minted by Lewis Abrhams, a merchant of fabrics and sewing accessories. Tasmania, 1855.
Diameter: 34 mm.
4-6. Three tokens minted by I Friedman, a money lender in Tasmania, 1857.
Diameter of two: 33 mm, diameter of one: 29 mm.
7. A one penny token, issued by Lipman Levy, shoes and boots manufacturer in New-Zealand.
Diameter: 35 mm.
8. Token issued by Louis Silberger, a London tobacco and cigar merchant.
Diameter: 23 mm.
Various Objects, Badges and Medals
Various Objects, Badges and Medals