Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
Lot 0189a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Frankfurt: wedding reception momento medal for marriage of Abraham & Sara Federmann, 1881; tin, with blue ribbon; not maker-marked; size: 33.5mm; weight: 13.9g. Obv.: garbed man near well (Abraham's servant Eliezer?); Isaiah quote. + ref.: "Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD...". Rev.: 6 lined leg.: "For [the] Wedding Reception of Abraham & Sara Federmann, Frankfurt am Main 10th [of month] Elul 5641 [4 Sept. 1881]". In BU, w/ luster; ref.: Joseph-Fellner 1432, who adds that Abraham died shortly after their marriage & that his widow remarried. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0184a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleBritain(?): tallion of "British-Israelite" religious movement, c. late 19th C.; not maker-marked; size: 25.75 x 36.5mm; weight: 10.1g. Obv.: British coat of arms; Heb. leg. below, "Kadosh Israel Malkeinu" (Holy Israel Our Lord). Rev.: Star of David w/Heb. words "Atem Edai" (You are my Witnesses). Believes that Western & Northern Europeans, esp. the British, are direct descendants of the Ten Lost Israelite Tribes, and that the British Royal Family is directly descended from King David. The emblem's devices are ascribed to different Israelite personalities (David, Ephraim, Judah, Joseph). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0200a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: 1959-1960 Jewish holidays calendar silver(?) medal; not maker-marked; size: 35.75mm; weight: 17.05g. Obv.: shaded shape of Israel (per 1949 borders) within circle, emitting rays; Hebrew/English leg. "For out of Zion shall go forth the law (Isaiah 2 v3)] # Jerusalem". Rev: a globe device split into segments to highlight the business calendar dates of Jewish holidays, with vertical legend in center "1959 Holidays 1960". The token may have been commissioned by a Jerusalem-based Yeshiva - but the use of Gregorian dates (and not Hebrew dates) seems unusual for a Yeshiva. In VF: a nicely designed and solidly minted piece. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0195a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: "Rosh HaShana" (Jewish New Years) 'Tashlich' silver medal, 1816-1817, by Aaron Kohn; size: 21.5mm, weight: 3.05g. Obverse bears name of the Jewish New Year's prayer (in Hebrew) at top, "Tashlich", and the prayer in Hebrew continues on the reverse, with Hebrew date 5577 [1816-1817] at top and Kohn's name in Latin letters below the prayer. With reeded edge and beeded rim; medallic strike. Aaron Kohn was among the first of the German Jewish medalists whose work was entirely of Jewish themes with text engravings in Hebrew; JMM-61. In AU-UNC, and still exhibits some luster. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0190a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Prussia: Jewish silver calendar medal, 1804/5565, by Daniel Friedrich Loos; size: 44mm; weight: 19.25g. Obv.: shining sun in center w/ dates "1804" & "5565"+ 3 rings around w/ text & dates; title at top "Calender". Rev.: calendar w/ moon phase symbols, Jewsh holidays & Prussia's royal family (Friedrich Wilhelm III) birthdates below. Jewish calendar medals in Prussia are almost unknown and may have been issued in appreciation for the King's predecessor, Friedrich Wilhelm II, who instituted a series of reforms granting the Jews greater rights. In VF-EF w/ luster; slightly uneven planchet. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0185a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleCanada: numbered "Levi" Tribe silver ingot based on famous stained glass Jerusalem Windows by Marc Chagall, part of series of 12 silver plaques by Mosaic Art Co, of Canada, 1974; size: 42.5x57mm; weight: 64.65g. Contains 1000 grains of .999 fine silver (2.0833 troy ounces). On reverse, the field with the number has been scratched out. Plain rim, some toning. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0196a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Religious festivals 'occasion' medal ("Gelegenheitsmedaillen" - token medals given on special occastions) of Jesus and the Pharisees (ND), circa. 1800; struck in silver; by G. [Gottfried Bernhard] Loos die-sinking establishment of Berlin - possibly the work of the artist Döll; 36.25mm, 14.05g: obverse depicts Jesus flanked on either side by 3 Pharisees; reverse, 5-line legend in German, "FÜRCHTE GOTT THUE RECHT SCHEUE NIEMAND" ("fear no man, rather fear God"). In UNC, with excellent patina and luster. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0191a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany(?): large blackened cast copper(?) medal of Jesus in style of Pilgrim's medals; not maker-marked; size: 100.7mm; weight: 604g. Obv.: left facing Christ with Hebrew words "G-d" & "Yoshua" [Jesus] on either side. Rev.: 5-lined legend in Hebrew: משיח מלך # הלך בשלום # וי--- ב עלמה # לאיש שחל נעשה # אנוש שועה ("Messiah King # Went in Peace # And G-d in this World [misspelled] # To a Man Who Became # Human 'Shua' ['Yoshua' in Hebrew missing the letter 'Yud']). Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |