Buch: The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927 - 1947

Howard M. Berlin

The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927 - 1947

Reprint of the libary bound edition, 2001

152 Seiten

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, and London

ISBN 0-7864-2445-1

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. A Brief History of Palestine Up to 1948

What Is Palestine?

Palestine Prior to 1918

The Balfour Deckaration

The British Occupation and Mandate

The Pinal Partition of Palestine

2. 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

Chronology Table

3. Coinage

Introduction

Arabic Numbers and Datin

1 Mil

2 Mils

5 Mils

10 Mils

20 Mils

50 Mils

100 Mils

1947 Dated Coins

Proof Coins and Sets

4. The 1927 Holyland Token

Origins

Coin or Token?

5. Banknotes

Introduction

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

Between pages 84 and 85 are eight color plates containing 26 photographs

6. 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

7. Conterfeit Coins and Banknotes

Coins

Banknotes

Appendix A. Text of the Mandate of Palestine

Appendix B. Catalog Number Equivalents

Appendix C. Checklist for Collectors

Chapter Notes

References

Indes