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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pinchas BarZeev, post: 43743, member: 2646&quot;]<b>Not Israeli, maybe old Jewish or non-Jewish?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The characters in the same Hebrew order are:</p><p>TT</p><p>BM</p><p>Hence, what is written, is T&gt;T&gt;M&gt;B.</p><p>But the B (Bet) is written rather strangely, and may even be an overgrown N (Nun). And the top left T (Tav) doesn&#039;t look 100% the same as its neighbour on the right. The left one has a dent in it, making it look almost like an inverted H (Heh).</p><p>Please be aware that not only Jews used Hebrew in tokens or medals, also non-Jews. Members of the American Israel Numismatic Association (AINA) will have noticed an article to that effect in the March-April 2005 issue of The Shekel. Especially God&#039;s four-letter name (JHVH - Jehovah) was much used by non-Jews, for instance on Dutch 17th C. tokens, medals and maps.</p><p>Therefore, this token or medal (not coin!) can have many origins.</p><p>This set of four-character could mean anything.</p><p>The T-T (T&quot;T in Hebrew) combination could for instance be an abbreviation of &quot;Talmud-Tora&quot;, a Jewish center of religious learning. But not necessarily.</p><p>The best thing is to await for a response from some of the people you applied to. Maybe he/she will shed some light on this mystery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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