Page 153 - Historama Winter 2016 Mail Auction #3

Coins, Medals & Israeliana: Charities & Fundraisers | Münzen, תוקדצ :הנאילארשיו םינוילדמ ,תועבטמ
Medaillen u. Israeliana: Wohlfahrtsverbände & Spendenaktionen תויבגמו
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30561 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

US > Brooklyn, New York: $1 donation token for Jewish high school , 1928; size: 32mm; weight: 11.1g. Obv.: Yeshiva-styled building w/"$1oo" below; leg. "Help
Build the First Jewish High School - Brownsville & East New York". Rev.: students studying in building; leg. "Rabbi Chaim Berlin High School | Every Dollar Helps"; date 1928
& Hebrew equivalent on either side; at base, Heb. leg. "Yeshivat R[abbi] Chaim Berlin". Rabbi Berlin was Chief Rabbi of Moscow, head of Rabbinical "Beis Din" in Volozhin &
co-Chief Rabbi of J'lem Ashkenazi community. Token minted by Whitehead & Hoag of Newark. In AU but affected by rim nicks, hence price.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30562 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

US: $1 donation token of the "Jewish Home for Convalescents" of Grand View on the Hudson, circa. 1920's with city office address above Menorah on
obverse and image of patient in bed on reverse; size: 32mm; weight: 10.9g.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30563 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

US > Tennessee > Memphis: B'nai B'rith Home & Hospital for the Aged cast iron silver jubilee good luck token, 1952; not maker-marked; size: 31.75mm; weight:
9.55g; coin alignment. obv.: the structure w/leg. "B'nai B'rith Home & Hospital for the Aged | Memphis, Tenn." & "Silver Jubilee | 1927-1952". Rev: 7-branched Menorah
w/Star of David on either side & one below + leg: "Good ? Luck ? Piece | Cast ? Us ? Not ? Away ? In ? Our ? Old ? Age" w/Heb. version below the Menorah. The token's
design is virtually identical to that of the token issued in 1937 for the institution's 10th anniversary. The home exists to this day as the "Memphis Jewish Home and
Rehabilitation Center".
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30564 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

US: "New Mount Sinai Hospital" of Los Angeles brass good luck token, with image of the building above the legend on obverse and heart device on
reverse with legend "From the Institution with a Heart"; size: 34mm; weight: 12.2g. Probably dates to 1955 when the construction of an enlarged facility near
Beverly Hills was completed.

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