Paper Money Tokens - Palestine / Eretz Israel - Lot of 39 Paper Money Tokens in Subject of Transportation

Paper Money Tokens - Palestine / Eretz Israel - Lot of 39 Paper Money Tokens in Subject of Transportation 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: A.S.D. - 5 pruta, 5 pruta Bat Galim Cooperative Ltd., Haifa - 2 mil Har HaCarmel & Ahuzah Motor Services, Haifa - 2 mil Cooperative Members Ltd., Haifa - 1 mil, 2 mil, 2 mil SPECIMEN Shehem Marine Services Ltd., Haifa - 10 pruta, 20 pruta, 250 pruta Shachar, Haifa - 1 pruta, 1 pruta, 2 pruta, 2 pruta, 5 pruta – differences exist between these denominations HaMekasher, Jerusalem - 5 pruta, 5 pruta HaMa’avir, Tel Aviv - 1 mil, small bread, large bread (6 known items of this type) Dan Bus Company, Tel Aviv - 5 pruta, 5 pruta, 5 pruta, tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), tea cup (RR), coffee cup (RR), coffee cup (RR) Magen David Adom, Netanya - 100 pruta Palestine Railways travel ticket, dated 26.9.18 – 30 grush, serial number 0001 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.