Can't find a face amount but it look as if the premium on one was $35.00 and the other $23.00.. If that be the case, I would say that is by the year..I can't tell from the pictures. But in those days, policies were usually written for whatever 5 or 10 cents a week would buy. Probably not much more than a couple hundred dollars, but that would've been enough for a funeral & Burial in those days (that's why the SS death benefit is $255).
When I started in the business, I still had a handful of these nickel & dime policies on my book, although most of those clients had purchased more since their parents originally took these out. But I had one old lady with a .10c weekly premium that insisted I come by every week to pick up her dime, even though she only got a monthly check. I tried and tried to get her to add more coverage, or at least pay me monthly, but she would never budge!