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Burial society tokens

(Gemilut chasadim tokens)

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Personalized identification tokens that facilitated the entry of members of burial and gemilut chasadim societies in and out of ghettos and into private homes.

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Bibliography

Kirschner, Bruno, Judaica in Nummis, Monatschrift fuer Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums 83 (1939) 590-605.

Kisch, Bruno, Jewish Community Tokens, a Neglected Field in Jewish Numismatics, Historia Judaica 13 (1953), 167-182, 4 plates.

Rezak, Ira, Jewry Reflected, Refracted and Recorded on Medals. New Yoek, Center for Jewish History, 2024.

Wolf, Albert, Juedische Medaillen Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft fuer juedische Volkskunde XIII (1904) 51-62, 9 plates.

Image information

Germany, 18th Century, copper coin engraved on one side ג’ח (Gemilut Hasadim) and on the other side the name, Hayyim ben Moshe Folt. Collection and photo: Ira Rezak
Germany, 18th century, brass coin engraved on one sideג’ח’  (gemilut hasadim) and on the other side the name Yuzpa bar Moshe. Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

Germany (Aschaffenburg?), 18th century. Copper coin engraved on one side ח’ק’א’ב’ (chevra kadisha A B), and on the other side the name Binyamin ben Hirsch. Collection and photo: Ira Rezak.

Germany, 18th century, brass coin engraved on one side with  ח’ק’ ת’צ’ב’ש’מ’ (chevra kadisha followed by an unclear abbreviation). The other side has the name Moshe ben Yudah א’ה’. Collection and photo Ira Rezak.

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