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Copy of a shekel
Medium/Technique
White metal
Dimensions
Overall: 11.3 gm, Diam: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.4755
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
DescriptionObv: Grail with smoke rising from it and surrounded by Hebrew characters
Rev: Tree surrounded by Hebrew characters
Edge: plain
Originally called Liberia, 1 Cent, 1833
Rev: Tree surrounded by Hebrew characters
Edge: plain
Originally called Liberia, 1 Cent, 1833
ProvenanceAugustine Shurtleff (b. 1826 - d. 1901), Brookline, MA; 1901, gift of Augustine Shurtleff to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1901)