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Auction 74 12-13 Apr 2023
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Palestine [Ottoman Empire], Zikhron Ya'akov, brass one piastre (1885), struck in Paris, numeral 1 and name ZICHRON JACOB, rev. Hebrew legend in two lines (KM.20), two small punch-marks on reverse otherwise very fine
Brass tokens with the value of ¼-, ½- and 1-piastre were issued by Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (1845-1934), for use in Zikhron Ya'akov and the wider area of Haifa, Jaffa and the Arab villages in the area. Although underwritten by Rothschild they were soon vetoed and confiscated by the Ottoman rulers.
Estimate: 350 - 400 GBP
Brass tokens with the value of ¼-, ½- and 1-piastre were issued by Baron Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (1845-1934), for use in Zikhron Ya'akov and the wider area of Haifa, Jaffa and the Arab villages in the area. Although underwritten by Rothschild they were soon vetoed and confiscated by the Ottoman rulers.
Estimate: 350 - 400 GBP