Paper Money Tokens - Palestine / Eretz Israel - Lot of Paper Money Tokens in Subject of

Paper Money Tokens - Palestine / Eretz Israel - Lot of Paper Money Tokens in Subject of The items are graded for rarity according to the catalog “Catalog of Paper Payments Tokens in Israel” by Alexander Golberg. R - 6 to 10 known pieces RR - 3 to 5 known pieces RRR - 1 to 2 known pieces Item details: Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet LeIsrael) - 15 M.E., 15 M.E. Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd., Moshav Beit Yitzhak - 10 M.E. (RRR), 50 M.E. (RRR), 100 M.E. (RR), 100 M.E. (RRR) HaKotzer, Moshav - 1 Israeli Lira (RRR) Kfar Yehoshua, Moshav - 25 agorot (RRR), 50 agorot (RRR) Kfar Yehezkel, Moshav - 500 pruta (RRR) Kfar Malal Cooperative Producers’ Consumer Association Ltd. - 1 liter of milk (R), 1 loaf of bread (R), 1 challah (R), 1 margarine (R) Moledet Cooperative Workers’ Moshav Ltd. - 1 agora (RRR), 5 agorot (RRR), 10 agorot (RRR), 50 agorot (not listed in catalog, very rare), 1 Lira (RRR) Sitria, Moshav - 250 pruta (RR) Komemiyut, Moshav - 500 pruta (RRR), 1 Lira (RRR), 5 Lira (RRR) Regba, Moshav - 10 agorot (not listed in catalog, very rare), 0.5 Israeli Lira (not listed in catalog, very rare) Heymann Brothers Orchards - 2 grush (not listed in catalog, very rare) Shavei Zion Agricultural Cooperative Society - 1 Israeli Lira (not listed in catalog, very rare) Netanya Vegetable Market - 10 M.E. (RR) Kibbutz Shefayim - 5 points, 10 points, 20 points, 20 points, 100 points Throughout the periods - from the Ottoman rule, through the British Mandate, and up to the early years of the State of Israel - a wide variety of means of payment developed in the Land of Israel, many of which served as substitutes for actual money. Due to a chronic shortage of small change, and in order to facilitate trade and daily transactions, various institutions, cooperatives, factories, and private businesses issued value tokens, payment vouchers, deposit certificates, promissory notes, and trade coupons, which functioned in practice as alternative currency. These forms of payment were often redeemable for cash or goods and services - sometimes only within a specific community or organization - and became an essential part of the evolving local economy. The use of such instruments reflected the spirit of initiative and economic independence that characterized the Jewish community in Palestine, and the aspiration to establish a self-sustained Hebrew financial system even before the birth of the State of Israel and its national currency.