Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Three Templar Tokens

Opening: $150
Sold for: $450
Including buyer's premium
Three brass tokens in denominations of 5, 20 and 40 Para. Presumably minted by the royal mint in Wartemberg, Stuttgart, for the use of members of the Templar community in its settlements in Palestine. In circulation from 1880 to the end of World War I (1917)
Obverse: denomination. Reverse: a plow and the legend "Centralcasse des Tempels" (the central fund of the Temple).
5 Para: 16 mm. VF.
20 Para: 20 mm. VF+.
40 Para: 23 mm. Fine.
Provenance: The Bruno Kirschner collection.
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