Auction 67

Lot 52:

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Lag BaOmer Coin, Given Directly by the Rebbe in 1990—40th anniversary of his Admorut.

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Coin (silver? approx. 28 gr.) of approx. 4 cm. diameter, with special inscriptions. On one side is an illustration of 770 Eastern Parkway with the inscription “World Chabad Center” in English, with the verse "הנה מה טוב ומה נעים שבת אחים גם יחד", as well as “Forty Years – A Year of Miracles”. On verso, a bonfire with the inscription “Lag B’Omer 1990” in Hebrew and English and “Yom Hilula d’Rashbi”. The auction house received the coin from the recipient himself. That year approx. 2,670 coins were handed out in the last parade in which the Rebbe participated at the front of 770.

Lag BaOmer – several days before Lag BaOmer the Rebbe ordered silver coins to be minted as a special souvenir for the year’s parade. The Rebbe handed out the coins himself with the help of ushers. This parade was the last one with the Rebbe and estimates place around 35,000 people there.

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