Auction 03 Coins and Banknotes of Israel and Palestine, medals and tokens.
By Rimon Auctions
Dec 19, 2018
Only for collecting - st' Menachem Begin 37, Tel Aviv, Israel

Huge Collections of Israeli Coins and Banknotes.

Jewish medals and anti-Semitism.

Rare banknotes and coins from the period of the British Mandate in Israel.

Medals of Yeshiva from various periods.

The auction has ended

LOT 25:

Silver coin - Pidyon Haben - 1955.

Sold for: $125
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Auction took place on Dec 19, 2018 at Rimon Auctions

Silver coin - Pidyon Haben - 1955.

Britain: Jewish silver coin "Pidyon Haben", 1955; Designed by Vivian Cohen, produced by Canning & Spencer, London; Size: 35mm; Weight: 21.05 grams.


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.