Large sale of Israeli banknotes and coins, banknotes and coins British Mandate (Palestine), banknotes and ghettos, Jewish medals and many other interesting items.
Very attractive opening prices and lots of eye-catching pictures.
- - Anyone who does not want / can collect the items of course can be received in the shipment according to the pricing of Israel Post.
- Only for collecting by prior arrangement only, Sunday 24.03.19 , - st' Menachem Begin 37, Tel Aviv, Israel. from 10:00 - 19:00.
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LOT 22:
Silver coin set - Pidyon Haben - 1955
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Sold for: $380
Start price:
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350
Estimated price:
$500 - $600
Auction house commission:
17%
More details
VAT: On commission only
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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.
