Auction 097
Winner's Unlimited - Holy books, letters from Rabbis and Rebbes, Judaica, Posters & Periodicals, Postcards, Maps, Zionism, numismatics.
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Jan 31, 2017
Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 30:
Donation certificate to the Tongeleth Society, Amsterdam 1823
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Estimated price :
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Donation certificate to the Tongeleth Society, Amsterdam 1823
[1] leaf of quality paper, 20x31 cm.
"Certificate for a monetary donation given generously and with goodwill....for ten zehuvim, for the Tongeleth Society in Amsterdam." Certificate #10, signed by the Tongeleth society [community benefit] in Amsterdam, confirming that the donation was a loan given without interest.
The society aimed to raise 400 gold coins from forty different lenders. Includes details regarding returning the loan. The certificate is in print, but its number [10] is written by hand, and it bears the original signatures of Yisrael Kester, Shmuel Mulder and Yaakov Hartana [with a lengthy, handwritten supplement regarding this loan], in addition to the society's stamp.
The Tongeleth movement was a literary society established in Amsterdam in 1815 by author and translator, Shmuel Yisrael Mulder [who signed this certiifcate] and Moshe Lehmans.
Nice print on quality paper.
Very fine condition.
