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Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30565 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $25 : יתלחתה ריחמ

US: "New Mount Sinai Hospital" of Los Angeles good luck token, with large image of the building on obverse and heart device on reverse with legend
"From the Institution with a Heart"; size: 38.75mm; weight: 20.65g. Probably dates to 1955 when the construction of an enlarged facility near Beverly Hills was
completed.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30566 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $60 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine(?): Jewish rectangular charity token whose Hebrew letters may be "Bikur Holim" (the Mitzvah of visiting the sick), circa. turn of 20th Century;
size: 12x11mm; weight: 0.1g; has small thin crack from edge.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30567 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $12 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israel: "Yeshiva Meah Shearim" blessing token, circa. 1960's; bronze; not maker-marked; size: 25.5mm x 30.5mm; weight: 5.8g. Obv: English legend & Hebrew
good wish for "Blessing and Success". Rev: Star of David & word "Zion" in center. This Jewish religious studies school is one of the most prominent ones in Jerusalem,
founded in 1885, and located in the neighborhood of Meah Shearim ("A Hundred Gates"), which is usually known for its strong anti-Zionist tendencies, though this Yeshiva
is Zionist-religious. The Yeshiva experienced periods of economic distress in the past and it may be that this token of blessing was given in exchange for donations. In VF.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30568 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $12 : יתלחתה ריחמ

US(?) "Good Luck | Mazel" token with Star of David on one side and couple dancing the 'Hora' dance (with "Hora" below) on the other, circa. Late
1940's/early 1950's; size: 25.5mm; weight: 5.6g. Presumably issued in exchange for a donation.

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