Description |
1 online resource (x, 152 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Contents |
A Brief History of Palestine Up to 1948 -- What Is Palestine? -- Palestine Prior to 1918 -- The Balfour Declaration -- The British Occupation and Mandate -- The Final Partition of Palestine -- The Palestine Currency Board -- The Palestine Currency Order of 1927 -- The Formation and Operation of the Palestine Currency Board -- Numismatic Changes During World War II -- The Mandate's Final Years -- Coinage -- Arabic Numbers and Dating -- 1 Mil -- 2 Mils -- 5 Mils -- 10 Mils -- 20 Mils -- 50 Mils -- 100 Mils -- 1947 Dated Coins -- Proof Coins and Sets -- The 1927 Holyland Token -- Origins -- Coin or Token? -- Banknotes -- Legends -- Dates of Issue and Signatures -- Watermark -- Five Hundred Mils -- One Palestine Pound -- Five Palestine Pounds -- Ten Palestine Pounds -- Fifty Palestine Pounds -- One Hundred Palestine Pounds -- Cancellation of Regular Issued Banknotes -- Specimen Banknotes -- Vignettes on the Banknotes of the Palestine Currency Board -- Rachel's Tomb -- The Dome of the Rock -- The Tower of Ramlah -- The Citadel and Tower of David -- Counterfeit Coins and Banknotes -- Coins -- Banknotes -- Text of the Mandate for Palestine |
Summary |
From 1923 until May 1948, Palestine was under a British Mandate. Beginning in 1927, on the Eve of the tenth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Palestine began producing its own money. The coins and banknotes that were legal tender during these two decades are especially interesting both to collectors and historians. A brief history of Palestine up to 1948 and information on the Palestine Currency Board provide background information. Complete numismatic information is then presented for each coin and banknote. Also covered are the mysterious 1927 Holyland Token, counterfeit issues, and vi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Subject |
Coins -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
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Bank notes -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
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Coins -- Palestine -- Catalogs
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Bank notes -- Palestine -- Catalogs
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Numismatics -- Palestine
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ART -- Sculpture & Installation.
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Bank notes
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Coins
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Numismatics
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SUBJECT |
Palestine -- History -- 1929-1948. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097176
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Subject |
Middle East -- Palestine
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Genre/Form |
Catalogs
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781476606729 |
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1476606722 |
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