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Donation token - Rabbi Chaim Berlin - 1928
$1 donation token for Jewish high school 1928.
Obverse: Yeshiva-styled building with "$1oo" below; legend "Help Build the First Jewish High School - Brownsville & East New York".
Reverse: students studying in building; legend "Rabbi Chaim Berlin High School | Every Dollar Helps"; date 1928 & Hebrew equivalent on either side; at base, Hebrew legend "Yeshivat R[abbi] Chaim Berlin". Rabbi Berlin was Chief Rabbi of Moscow, head of Rabbinical "Beis Din" in Volozhin & co-Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Ashkenazi community. Token minted by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark.
size: 32mm.
weight: 11.1g;
$1 donation token for Jewish high school 1928.
Obverse: Yeshiva-styled building with "$1oo" below; legend "Help Build the First Jewish High School - Brownsville & East New York".
Reverse: students studying in building; legend "Rabbi Chaim Berlin High School | Every Dollar Helps"; date 1928 & Hebrew equivalent on either side; at base, Hebrew legend "Yeshivat R[abbi] Chaim Berlin". Rabbi Berlin was Chief Rabbi of Moscow, head of Rabbinical "Beis Din" in Volozhin & co-Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Ashkenazi community. Token minted by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark.
size: 32mm.
weight: 11.1g;