EARLY 1900 ANGLO PALESTINE COMPANY SHARE HERZL JEWISH COLONIAL TRUST BANK Leumi For Sale

EARLY 1900s ANGLO-PALESTINE COMPANY SHARE FORM HERZL JEWISH COLONIAL TRUST BANK LEUMI ZIONIST FOUNDING

You are holding a piece of paper that helped build the State of Israel.

The Document:

An original blank share subscription form for the Anglo-Palestine Company, Limited — bilingual English and German — payable to:

The Jewish Colonial Trust Ltd.

10/12 Walbrook, London E.C.

Share price: £1-1-0 per share — with equivalent prices listed in five currencies simultaneously:

K. 25.20 — Austro-Hungarian Kronen

M. 21.60 — German Marks

R. 10.— — Russian Rubles

$5.11 — US Dollars

Frs. 26.50 — Swiss Francs

Dating: The presence of Austro-Hungarian Kronen prices dates this firmly to before 1918 — when the Austro-Hungarian Empire still existed — placing this form in the founding era of Zionist finance: 1902-1918.

The Anglo-Palestine Company — What It Was:

At the end of the 19th century, Theodor Herzl identified the need for a financial institution to support the Zionist movement. That led to the creation of the Jewish Colonial Trust on March 20, 1899. The Trust\'s subsidiary in Palestine — the Anglo-Palestine Company — was incorporated in London in 1902. (EBTH)

Herzl turned to his most ardent followers — the common Jewish people who believed wholeheartedly in the Zionist idea. In order to allow even the poorest of Jews to take part in the project, a maximum of 80 payments was allowed for each share. ()

This form is exactly that instrument — the mechanism by which ordinary Jews across the entire diaspora could purchase shares in the Zionist movement\'s own bank — from Vienna to New York to St. Petersburg.

The Five Currencies — The Entire Jewish World:

The simultaneous pricing in five currencies tells the complete story of where this form was distributed:

Kronen — for Jews of the Austro-Hungarian Empire — Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Galicia

Marks — for Jews of Germany

Rubles — for Jews of the Russian Empire — the vast Pale of Settlement

Dollars — for Jews of America — the growing immigrant community

Francs — for Jews of Switzerland and Western Europe

Every Jew in the world could buy a share. Every Jew in the world could own a piece of the dream.

What This Company Became:

Bank Leumi — founded on February 27, 1902 in Jaffa as the Anglo-Palestine Company — is today Israel\'s largest bank with total assets exceeding $200 billion. (Invaluable)

When Israel became independent in 1948, Anglo-Palestine retained the exclusive right to issue notes and was made the new government\'s sole banker and financial agent, remaining so until 1954 when the Bank of Israel was created. (Antique Trader)

The company whose shares this form was used to purchase literally printed Israel\'s first money and served as its first central bank.

The Unclaimed Shares:

Tens of thousands of Jewish Colonial Trust shares were ultimately classified as \"unclaimed property\" — purchased by Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust or whose descendants lost track of them. Israel\'s Guardian General\'s office actively conducts genealogical research to locate heirs. If you possess an unredeemed bearer share certificate, you may be entitled to a cash payout. (Wikipedia)

This blank form — never filled in — represents the dream that millions bought into. The shares that were filled in and purchased represent one of the most poignant stories in Jewish history — ordinary Jews from across the diaspora investing in a homeland they might never see.

Condition: Very good — complete, fully legible, beautiful bilingual printing intact after 100+ years.

English Keywords:

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German Keywords:

Anglo-Palästina Gesellschaft, Jüdische Kolonialbank, Bank Leumi, Theodor Herzl, Zionismus, Aktie, Zionistische Bank, Palästina, Jüdische Heimat, seltene Judaika, Jüdische Geschichte