Judaica / Zionism - Austria - Pair of Jacob Rothberger Jewish Department Store Advertising Tokens, Vienna, c.1900 ...

Judaica / Zionism - Austria - Pair of Jacob Rothberger Jewish Department Store Advertising Tokens, Vienna, c.1900, Brass, 5.5 g Each, 24 mm, N#102896 Pair of advertising tokens issued for the Jacob Rothberger clothing and department store in Vienna. Jacob Rothberger, who grew up in Hungary and learned tailoring in Paris, established a highly successful clothing business in Vienna; his department store on Stephansplatz, opened in the 1890s, became one of the city's prominent retail establishments. The Rothberger family was Jewish, and the business is documented by the Jewish Museum Vienna as part of the major Jewish contribution to Vienna's department-store and retail culture. Obverse: "KLEIDERMAGAZIN" "JACOB ROTHBERGER" "WIEN" "K.U.K. HOFLIEFERANT" The designation K.u.K. Hoflieferant indicated an officially authorized purveyor to the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Court. Reverse: Detailed depiction of the Jacob Rothberger department-store building in Vienna, with the business name visible on the facade. The store stood opposite St. Stephen's Cathedral and was an important center of Vienna's textile trade.