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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pinchas BarZeev, post: 44856, member: 2646&quot;]<b>The bottom coin...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Right (obverse) reads:</p><p>Sheqel Israel - Sheqel from [the land of] Israel</p><p>Left (reverse) reads:</p><p>Yerushalayim Hakedusha - Jerusalem the Holy</p><p><br /></p><p>Sheqel tokens were issued by many individuals or institutions, during the ages. A diaspora Jewish community might raise funds by issuing these tokens, they may have been minted to sell as amulets to pilgrims, Jewish or Christian, etc.</p><p>This one resembles a Goerlitz sheqel or a Meysel sheqel, pilgrims&#039; amulets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting reading:</p><p><a href="http://amerisrael.com/article_false_shekels_2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://amerisrael.com/article_false_shekels_2.html" rel="nofollow">http://amerisrael.com/article_false_shekels_2.html</a></p><p><a href="http://users.iconz.co.nz/translate/shekel.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://users.iconz.co.nz/translate/shekel.htm" rel="nofollow">http://users.iconz.co.nz/translate/shekel.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy your pilgrimage to the world of Holy Land numismatics![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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