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Valued Member
United States
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I.m having trouble with these two. Thanks for any help!   Identified - moved to Token forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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They look like Israeli telephone tokens to me.
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Valued Member
 United States
138 Posts |
Now that makes some sense. I found them in my Father in Law's stuff after he passed away and he worked for Bell telephone/AT&T all his life. THANKS for the insight!
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Member
United States
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It does make absolute sense...until we consider the apparantly arabic script and the John Deere tractor logo...whats that all about I wonder ?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That isn't Arabic, it is Hebrew...
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Member
United States
917 Posts |
Any idea what it says Biokemist?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
671 Posts |
Yes, these coins are in fact Israeli telephone tokens, and the language is indeed Hebrew. These types of tokens were used until the late 1980s, and are very common to find.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I cannot read Hebrew, I can just recognize it but another thread addresses that subject. As for the symbol, that belongs to the Israel Postal Company.  This is the modern logo of Doar Israel. I am not quite sure of the postal service connection to payphones but the mail and phone service both fall under the Ministry of Communication so there may be some governmental connection. |
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United States
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Interesting link , so there is Arabic on the token as id originally said , both Arabic and Hebrew.Cool wee token , thanks guys.
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Moderator
 Australia
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These tokens are also dated, using the Hebrew calendar; the date alphanumerals are on either side of the deer logo. As it turns out, both of these have the same date: Year 5741, equivalent to 1981 AD. Despite being the same date, they're clearly different die varieties; the size and shape of the numerals on the "dial-side" and the size of the spacing between the two Hebrew words are distinctly different. Quote:
biokemist6 said:
...I am not quite sure of the postal service connection to payphones but the mail and phone service both fall under the Ministry of Communication so there may be some governmental connection... In many countries, the government-owned telephone system was initially established and operated by the government-owned postal system, both telephone and post being government-subsidized forms of communication. In most such countries, the two systems have now been split, with the telephone systems now operated privately (and often owned by large multinational telcos) with the government maintaining control of the postal system. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
Israel
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Israel phone tokens had many versions. In the 1950's they were brass and round with a whole. Twice the diameter of these. Later came these, on the front says telephone and on the back Dept of Communications. Later came one from Bezek, the local phone company. There are many different versions of these tokens. The basic count is about 15 types. Looking closely you can find 100+ types including mistakes...
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