Lot #16

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US(?) “Good Luck | Mazel” token with Star of David on one side and couple dancing the ‘Hora’ dance (with “Hora” below) on the other,…

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Lot #17

$25

Obverse: Picture of two lions of David holding the Ten Commandments between them. Inscribed below in English and Hebrew “Mazel”. Reverse: In the center, a…

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Lot #18

$50

“Jewish Day – Century of Progress” exhibition medal, Chicago, USA. struck in brass AT 1933. weight: 10.9g, size: 32mm. Obverse: Star of David with Hebrew…

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Lot #19

$100

A large lot of coins on which a shekel of the Bar Kokhba revolt, which according to some of the theories in this money Judah…

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Lot #20

$30

Copper One Penny Token, minted by W.J. Taylor, London. Issued by I. Friedman, Pawnbroker, Hobart, Tasmania, in 1857. Isaac Friedman, was living in Hobart by…

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Lot #22

$50

France: “General Auguste Mercier Judge of the Traitor Dreyfus” medal, 1906; struck in bronze; designed by J. Baffier and minted by Janvier-Duval; weight: 54.15g; size:…

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Lot #23

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Obverse: Rembrandt’s famous painting “Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law”.    Reverse: engraving of the two tablets of the Law – as separate tablets…

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Lot #24

$40

Historic Vintage 1938 Jewish Sick Fund Buenos Aires Argentina 40-Year Commemorative Medallion 1896-1936 , very rare. Marked on Front “SOCIEDAD BENEFICIENCIA  PARA ENFERMOS BIKUR JOILIM…

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Lot #25

$50

Britain: Jewish silver coin “Pidyon Haben”, 1955; Designed by Vivian Cohen, produced by Canning & Spencer, London; Size: 35mm; Weight: 21.05 grams. Obverse: A pair…

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Lot #26

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Rare medal “Protestant & Jewish Religious Freedom” commemorating toleration and coexistence of the various faiths, 1782 Emperor Joseph II One of the most important religious…

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Lot #21

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Lot #16

$10

US(?) “Good Luck | Mazel” token with Star of David on one side and couple dancing the ‘Hora’ dance (with “Hora” below) on the other,…

$10

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Lot #17

$25

Obverse: Picture of two lions of David holding the Ten Commandments between them. Inscribed below in English and Hebrew “Mazel”. Reverse: In the center, a…

$25

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Lot #18

$50

“Jewish Day – Century of Progress” exhibition medal, Chicago, USA. struck in brass AT 1933. weight: 10.9g, size: 32mm. Obverse: Star of David with Hebrew…

$50

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Lot #19

$100

A large lot of coins on which a shekel of the Bar Kokhba revolt, which according to some of the theories in this money Judah…

$100

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Lot #20

$30

Copper One Penny Token, minted by W.J. Taylor, London. Issued by I. Friedman, Pawnbroker, Hobart, Tasmania, in 1857. Isaac Friedman, was living in Hobart by…

$30

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Lot #22

$50

France: “General Auguste Mercier Judge of the Traitor Dreyfus” medal, 1906; struck in bronze; designed by J. Baffier and minted by Janvier-Duval; weight: 54.15g; size:…

$50

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Lot #23

$30

Obverse: Rembrandt’s famous painting “Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law”.    Reverse: engraving of the two tablets of the Law – as separate tablets…

$30

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Lot #24

$40

Historic Vintage 1938 Jewish Sick Fund Buenos Aires Argentina 40-Year Commemorative Medallion 1896-1936 , very rare. Marked on Front “SOCIEDAD BENEFICIENCIA  PARA ENFERMOS BIKUR JOILIM…

$40

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Lot #25

$50

Britain: Jewish silver coin “Pidyon Haben”, 1955; Designed by Vivian Cohen, produced by Canning & Spencer, London; Size: 35mm; Weight: 21.05 grams. Obverse: A pair…

$50

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Lot #26

$40

Rare medal “Protestant & Jewish Religious Freedom” commemorating toleration and coexistence of the various faiths, 1782 Emperor Joseph II One of the most important religious…

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Token - Abrahams 1855 - Tasmania.

Lewis Abrahams was certainly living in Hobart Town in 1835, records show that he was the occupier of a house and garden at 19 Bathurst Street and was in partnership with a certain H.C. Davis in a shop at 102 Liverpool Street. He was married in the Jewish Synagogue in December 1855. It appears that Davis withdrew from the partnership and Abrahams carried on alone. He died in Hobart in 1860.’ (McNeice, p.70)
According to the details recorded on his tokens, Abrahams was a draper.
There is no listing in the Archives Office of Tasmania Pioneer’s Database for a Lewis Abrahams.
Abrahams is mentioned in a number of documents held by the Hobart Hebrew Congregation, published in A Few from Afar. He is listed as a contributor to the fund for the construction of the Hobart Synagogue in 1844-1845, and as a ‘seatholder’ (financial member) of the Hobart Hebrew Congregation for some time during the period 1852-1877 (Ellis, pp. 33, 87)
He issued one variety of penny, and one variety of halfpenny tokens in 1855. The tokens were made for him by Heaton and Sons of Birmingham.

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