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PALESTINE: Breisch Gesellschaft, AE 1 piastre token (3.63g), F-VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
PALESTINE: Breisch Gesellschaft, AE 1 piastre token (3.63g), F-VF
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1,800.00USD+ buyer's premium (360.00)
This item SOLD at 2025 Jan 24 @ 16:55UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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PALESTINE: Breisch Gesellschaft, AE 1 piastre token (3.63g), Haffner, G. & B. // 1; rectangular, for use at the Jewish settlements in Palestine; presumably struck circa 1890s-1900s, probably in Germany; unpublished variety and likely unique, F-VF, RRRR. The B. & G. version is known for 1/4 and 1/2 piastre denominations but we have found no reference to the 1 piastre B. & G. (the rectangular B. & G. 1 piastre is Haffner-CC-14D). The G. & B. version seems never to have been published for any denomination, which makes this piece unique. The exact meaning of G. & B. is unknown, though given the lack of a known 1 piastre B. & G. it seems conceivable the G. & B. was an engraver's error for B. & G. It is also possible that the G. of G. & B. refers to a different business person who later joined Breisch. The reverse die is almost certainly the same die of the B. & C. series "1" of this denomination.