Retired college professor and inventor Howard M. Berlin lives in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds three United States patents for his inventions and is the author of over 30 books on diverse subjects, including cinema and numismatics. He has been collecting coins and banknotes of the Palestine Mandate for over two decades, has exhibited his collection widely, winning numerous awards. He is a member of the Numismatic Literary Guild.

“a thoroughly researched, heavily illustrated, and cross-referenced text...sure to become the standard work in this field”—Paper Money.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. 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      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 Dating      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. BANK NOTES      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 Bank Notes      Specimen Bank Notes      Between pages 84 and 85 are eight color plates containing 26 photographs6. VIGNETTES ON THE BANK NOTES OF THE PALESTINE CURRENCY BOARD      Rachel's Tomb      The Dome of the Rock      The Tower of Ramlah      The Citadel and Tower of David      7. COUNTERFEIT COINS AND BANK NOTES      Coins      Bank Notes      Appendix A. Text of the Mandate for Palestine      Appendix B. Catalog Number Equivalents      Appendix C. Checklist for Collectors      Chapter Notes      References      Index

Retired college professor and inventor Howard M. Berlin lives in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds three United States patents for his inventions and is the author of over 30 books on diverse subjects, including cinema and numismatics. He has been collecting coins and banknotes of the Palestine Mandate for over two decades, has exhibited his collection widely, winning numerous awards. He is a member of the Numismatic Literary Guild.

“a thoroughly researched, heavily illustrated, and cross-referenced text...sure to become the standard work in this field”—Paper Money.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. 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      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 Dating      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. BANK NOTES      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 Bank Notes      Specimen Bank Notes      Between pages 84 and 85 are eight color plates containing 26 photographs6. VIGNETTES ON THE BANK NOTES OF THE PALESTINE CURRENCY BOARD      Rachel's Tomb      The Dome of the Rock      The Tower of Ramlah      The Citadel and Tower of David      7. COUNTERFEIT COINS AND BANK NOTES      Coins      Bank Notes      Appendix A. Text of the Mandate for Palestine      Appendix B. Catalog Number Equivalents      Appendix C. Checklist for Collectors      Chapter Notes      References      Index

Retired college professor and inventor Howard M. Berlin lives in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds three United States patents for his inventions and is the author of over 30 books on diverse subjects, including cinema and numismatics. He has been collecting coins and banknotes of the Palestine Mandate for over two decades, has exhibited his collection widely, winning numerous awards. He is a member of the Numismatic Literary Guild.

“a thoroughly researched, heavily illustrated, and cross-referenced text...sure to become the standard work in this field”—Paper Money.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Preface      1. 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      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 Dating      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. BANK NOTES      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 Bank Notes      Specimen Bank Notes      Between pages 84 and 85 are eight color plates containing 26 photographs6. VIGNETTES ON THE BANK NOTES OF THE PALESTINE CURRENCY BOARD      Rachel's Tomb      The Dome of the Rock      The Tower of Ramlah      The Citadel and Tower of David      7. COUNTERFEIT COINS AND BANK NOTES      Coins      Bank Notes      Appendix A. Text of the Mandate for Palestine      Appendix B. Catalog Number Equivalents      Appendix C. Checklist for Collectors      Chapter Notes      References      Index