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17 copies of “Shekel” coins issued by the city of Gorlitz and the rest of Europe in the 16th century. Copper, brass and silver. Germany,…
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Germany > Gotha: ‘Cuckold Medal’ (“Hahnrei medaille”) with ‘Feather Jew’ motif (ND), c. 1700, by Christian Wermuth; struck in light-weight alloy. Front: antlered Jew riding…
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It was designed to spread religious hatred against Jews by depicting the Jewish corn seller as wicked and a Bible quote on the reverse. In…
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medal commemorating weddings of Jewish couples. Germany. On the medal appear decorations of a Huppah (wedding canopy), verses in Hebrew and a German text. the…
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was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher and poet; best-known in the latter instance for his Idylls
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Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement. probably made in Russia, here we preset the large type (28.5 m”m). made from copper. Obv.: orchard & fields of RLZ;…
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aluminum Medal of generalisrael orphans’ home for girls in Jerusalem. Obverse: Shabbat table with a cup, candles, challah with a napkin and inscriptions in honor…
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A medallion awarded for the International Exposition Colonie Internationale in Paris. 1931. The exhibition, which opened in May 1931, was designed to present the rich…
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A medallion awarded for the International Exposition Colonie Internationale in Paris. 1931. The exhibition, which opened in May 1931, was designed to present the rich…
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Lot #18
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17 copies of “Shekel” coins issued by the city of Gorlitz and the rest of Europe in the 16th century. Copper, brass and silver. Germany,…
$200
Read moreLot #19
$100
Germany > Gotha: ‘Cuckold Medal’ (“Hahnrei medaille”) with ‘Feather Jew’ motif (ND), c. 1700, by Christian Wermuth; struck in light-weight alloy. Front: antlered Jew riding…
$100
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It was designed to spread religious hatred against Jews by depicting the Jewish corn seller as wicked and a Bible quote on the reverse. In…
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medal commemorating weddings of Jewish couples. Germany. On the medal appear decorations of a Huppah (wedding canopy), verses in Hebrew and a German text. the…
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was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher and poet; best-known in the latter instance for his Idylls
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Rishon LeZion Jewish settlement. probably made in Russia, here we preset the large type (28.5 m”m). made from copper. Obv.: orchard & fields of RLZ;…
$70
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aluminum Medal of generalisrael orphans’ home for girls in Jerusalem. Obverse: Shabbat table with a cup, candles, challah with a napkin and inscriptions in honor…
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A medallion awarded for the International Exposition Colonie Internationale in Paris. 1931. The exhibition, which opened in May 1931, was designed to present the rich…
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A medallion awarded for the International Exposition Colonie Internationale in Paris. 1931. The exhibition, which opened in May 1931, was designed to present the rich…
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Silver coin set - Pidyon Haben - 1955
Britain: Jewish 5 silver coin “Pidyon Haben”, 1955; Designed by Vivian Cohen, produced by Canning & Spencer, London.
Obverse: A pair of hands that bless the priest’s blessing; Text of the blessing in Hebrew.
Reverse: The text of the commandment to redeem the firstborn son “כל זכר בכם אתה צריך לפדות … בערכו של חמישה שקלים [מטבע זה] אחד שקל כסף”.
Halakhah requires that the coins used for the redemption of the newborn contain the required amount of money, such as the original shekel of the Holy Communion (“שקל הקודש”), between 100-117 grams. Cohen was an antique coin dealer in London, and he probably was a Jew.
Size: 35mm.
Weight: 21.05 grams.