Auction 03
Coins and Banknotes of Israel and Palestine, medals and tokens.
Dec 19, 2018
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Israel
Only for collecting - st' Menachem Begin 37, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Huge Collections of Israeli Coins and Banknotes.
Jewish medals and anti-Semitism.
Rare banknotes and coins from the period of the British Mandate in Israel.
Medals of Yeshiva from various periods.
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LOT 28:
Rishon Lezion Medals
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Sold for: $300
Start price:
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300
Estimated price:
$500 - $600
Auction house commission:
16%
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2 medals of the Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement.
probably made in Russia, here we preset 2 types, the small one (22.5 m"m) and the large one (28.5 m"m). made from copper.
Obverse: orchard & fields of RLZ; Heb. date of "5642" (1882) in exergue; leg. upper edge (Yeshayahu, ch. 41): "The first to Zion here they are, and to Jerusalem a portent I shall give"; on bottom edge, "Colonia Rishon LeZion".
Reverse: image twin windows: depicting prayers at Western Wall & seed sower; w/Star of David above + leg. "Who will deliver from Zion the salvation of Israel" (Psalms, 14) & "If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem, May My Right Hand Forget its Cunning".
