Palestine - Zichron Jacob - 1 Piastre Token, c.1885 - "With Tail" - Brass - NGC MS61 - Hafner-CC-17A

Palestine - Zichron Jacob - 1 Piastre Token, c.1885 - "With Tail" - Brass - NGC MS61 - Hafner-CC-17A Extremely rare - the finest known example of this type. A 1 Piastre token from Zichron Jacob, dated to approximately 1885. Zichron Jacob was founded in 1882 as one of the early Jewish agricultural colonies of the First Aliyah and came under the patronage of Baron Edmond James de Rothschild in 1883. Tokens of this type are associated with the local payment systems that developed in the Jewish agricultural colonies of Ottoman Palestine. Obverse: Large numeral "1" in the center, surrounded by the inscription: "ZICHRON JACOB" A small floral ornament appears below. Reverse: Hebrew inscription in two lines: "זכרון יעקב" ("Zichron Jacob") The token is struck in brass and certified by NGC as MS 61. Holder label: "(c.1885) PALESTINE 1P HAFNER-CC-17A BRASS "ZICHRON JACOB" MS 61" Certification No.: 8448051-004.