Paper Money Tokens - Palestine / Eretz Israel - Lot of 59 Paper Money Tokens in Subject of Cooperative Societies

Paper Money Tokens - Palestine / Eretz Israel - Lot of 59 Paper Money Tokens in Subject of Cooperative Societies 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: Zebulun Consumer Cooperative Ltd. - 1 Israeli Lira (RR) Hadera Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd., Hadera - 1 Israeli Lira (R), 2 Israeli Lira (R), 1 white bread (not listed in catalog, very rare) Consumer Credit Ltd., Haifa - 5 Lira (RR), 10 Lira (RR), 25 Lira (RR) Cafeteria of the Consumer Cooperative, Haifa - 1 bottle of milk (RRR) Producers’ Cooperative Consumer Association of Craftsmen, Haifa - 1 Lira for food supplies (RR) Yokneam Cooperative Producers’ Consumer Association Ltd. - 1 Lira (not listed in catalog, very rare) HaOsem Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd., Jerusalem - 100 mil (RRR) HaMekasher Cooperative Consumer Association - 1 mil (RR), 2 mil (RR) Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd., Jerusalem - 20 Lira (RRR) HaMashbir Ltd., Jerusalem - 1 Egyptian grush (R) HaMashbir La’Oleh Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd., Jerusalem - 1 Lira (R), 2 Lira (R), 3 Lira (R), 5 Lira (R) Workers’ Credit Service, Lod - 20 Israeli Lira (R) Netanya Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 100 pruta, 250 pruta, 500 pruta, 2 Israeli Lira, 250 pruta Dan HaShomron Supermarket Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 13 agorot (RRR) Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd., Kiryat Haim - 500 pruta, 1 Lira, 2 Lira, 2 gallons of kerosene (RRR) Rishon LeZion Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 1 M.E. (R), 2 M.E. (R), ¼ tin of kerosene (RRR) Herzliya Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 2 Israeli Lira (not listed in catalog, very rare) Ra’anana Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 50 mil (not listed in catalog, very rare) Cooperative Consumer Association of Kupat Holim Employees, Tel Aviv Ltd. - 5 M.E. (RR), 10 M.E. (RR), 20 M.E. (RR), 100 M.E. (RR) Co-op Tel Aviv Dan HaSharon Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 1 bag of milk (RR) Tel Aviv Cooperative Consumer Association Ltd. - 2 Israeli Lira (not listed in catalog, very rare) Tnuva Agricultural Cooperative Union of Kibbutzim and Moshavim - 1 crate 1 Lira, 1 lid (RRR), 1 crate 350 M.E. (not listed in catalog, very rare), 1 liter of milk (RRR), 1 cup of leben (RR), 2 bottles of ¼ liter (RR), 1 wooden tray (RR), 2 pruta (not listed in catalog, very rare), 3 pruta (RRR), 1 pruta (RRR), 2 pruta (RRR), 3 pruta (RRR), ¼ liter (RRR), ½ liter (RRR), ¾ liter (RRR), 1½ liter (RRR), milk valued at ½ mil (RRR), 70 agorot (RRR) 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.