Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Coin Auctions
Lot 0188a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany > Frankfurt: copper-coated bronze token for wedding of Siegmund Rosenbaum & Dora Hamburger, 1898; not maker-marked; size: 3.95cm; weight: 21.4g. Obv.: Heb. leg (Song of Songs) "On the Day of Their Wedding & on the Day of Their Hearts' Happiness on A' of Rosh Chodesh Shvat [1st day new month of Shvat, of year] 658 Excluding Thousand Year [w/o incl. '5' in "5658" - 24 January 1898]; 3 cities listed: Frankfurt am Main, Mannheim & Grebenstein; 9-line leg. in Ger. & Heb. "Our Children Siegmund Rosen- baum [Heb. name] Shimshon & Dora Hamburger [Heb. name] Tirza on the occastion of their wedding, commiss- ioned by Karoline & Leopold Hamburger [K.u.L.H.]". Rev.: shields of Hesse & Hamburg under wedding canopy; pair of clasped hands below; Heb. leg. (based on "Song of Songs"): "Lovely Are You My Wife as 'Tirza' [play on words; Heb.: 'very desired woman'] etc". Designer may be Jewish medallist Max Lewy, Frankfurt, who designed wedding commem. plaque for Adolf Hamburger, 1913 (Forrer v7 p553). Groom (1860-1942, d. Ramat Gan) was a Director of Palatine Bank, Mannheim; wife (1876-1939, d. RG) was daughter of Leopold Hamburger, famous Frankfurt coin dealer (maybe relative of Joseph, who sold Feill's collection in 1908). In BU, spot on rev.; GJPM-138; Fellner-2342 Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0183a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleBritain: Jewish 'Pidyon HaBen' silver coin (ND), 1955; designed by Vivian Cohen, produced by Kenning & Spencer of London; size: 35mm; weight: 21.05g. Obv.: pair of hands delivering the Kohen's blessing; blessing's text in Hebrew around. Rev.: text of the Biblical commandment to redeem a first-born son "Every Male Firstborn Shall You Redeem # In the Value of Five Shekels # [This Coin is] One Silver Shekel". Jewish law ('Halakha') requires that the coins used for redeeming the newborn contain the requisite amount of silver as the original Holy Shekel ('Shekel HaKodesh') is belived to have contained - between 100-117g. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0199a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleIsrael: "Tisha Be'Av" ('9th of Av') silver art medal, ND (1961), by Kretchmer; size: 33.25mm; weight: 23.75g. Obv.: Song of Songs quotation, "Behold, He Standeth Behind our Wall", around the edge; 'Yalkut Shimoni' quotation in center; Menorah & sun(?) devices below: "Behind the Western Wall of the Temple, Which Will Never be Destroyed". Rev.: bas-relief of wailing Jews during the 9th of Av fast; legend around ('Kinot'): "On this Night Will my Children Cry and Lament # Tisha Be'Av". Rim marked "935" (silver) & dedicated to "Union of Judaica Collectors, Israel, 5721 [1961]". In BU; light die-crack hairlines on obverse. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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Lot 0194a - Medals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens - Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleGermany: Jewish circumcision ("Brit Mila") silver medal, 1837-38, by Aaron Kohn; size: 41mm; weight: 23.4g. Obverse: 7 lines of Hebrew prayer during the circumcision: "Our Lord and Lord of our forefathers sustain this child [name] for his father and mother" and "Happy will be the father by the progeny of his loins and rejoiced will be the mother by the fruit of her belly. As is written"; Kohn's name in exergue. Reverse: 4-lines in Hebrew surrounded by legend all excerpted from the ceremony prayers, center: "Happy will be your father and your mother and rejoyceful your birth", edge: "Just as you entered into a convenant so shall you partake of the Torah and the Khupa and of good deeds"; Hebrew date "5698" [1837-38] in exergue. Kohn was a prominent German Jewish medalist, uniquely working exclusively on Jewish themes, using Hebrew. In EF-AU; a couple of rim crimps from the manufacture, some signs of cleaning/ polishing; rotated alignment (90 degrees); JMM-61. Historama SIGNIFICANT JUDAICA Mailbid SaleMedals & Tokens Religious, Biblical Medals & Tokens |
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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 |