The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 26, June 29, 2003, Article 18

FEATURED WEB PAGE

  This week's featured web page is Dr. Howard M. Berlin's
  article, The Mystery of the 1927 Holyland Token.

  "The obverse of the Holyland Token, in part, resembles closely
  the reverse design of the standard 1-mil coin issued by the
  Palestine Currency Board starting in 1927. However the token's
  size (28.5 mm) with plain edge is slightly larger than the
  standard 2-mil coin (28 mm). Although coins are traditionally
  struck with the obverse and reverse dies aligned at a rotation
  of 180 degrees, known as the "coin rotation," both the Holyland
  Token and the regular issued coins of the Palestine Mandate
  were struck in the "medal rotation," so that the obverse and
  reverse dies were aligned in a rotation of zero degrees."

     http://user.dtcc.edu/~berlin/palestin/token.htm
  

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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