Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Nine Coins from the Lodz Ghetto, 1942-1943
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Nine aluminum and aluminum-magnesium coins, used as currency in the Lodz Ghetto. Poland, 1942-1943.
1. A 10 Pfennig coin, 1942. Obverse: denomination – the digit "10", legend "Der Aelteste der Juden" and a Star of David bordered by two oak tree leaves. Reverse: legend "Litzmannstadt Getto 1942" with a Star of David in the center, decorated with corn cobs.
This coin is of a model issued in the Lodz Ghetto, yet archived when the chief of German Nazi administration of the Lodz Ghetto, Hans Biebow, ordered Chaim Rumkowski to remove the oak leaves and corn cobs from the coin, and change the design of the digit "10" to differentiate it from the design on German coins.
2-4. Three 5 Mark coins, 1943. Obverse: the denomination; a legend across, "Quittung Über"; and a legend on the perimeter, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". Reverse: A Star of David, the word "GETTO" and the year 1943.
5-8. Four 10 Mark coins, 1943. Obverse: the denomination; a legend across, "Quittung Über"; and a legend on the perimeter, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". Reverse: A Star of David, the word "GETTO" and the year 1943.
9. A 20 Mark coin, 1943. Obverse: the denomination; a legend across, "Quittung Über"; and a legend on the perimeter, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". Reverse: A Star of David, the word "GETTO" and the year 1943.
Enclosed: a copy of the 10 Mark coin from the Lodz Ghetto (late minting), with the word "souvenir" impressed obverse.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
1. A 10 Pfennig coin, 1942. Obverse: denomination – the digit "10", legend "Der Aelteste der Juden" and a Star of David bordered by two oak tree leaves. Reverse: legend "Litzmannstadt Getto 1942" with a Star of David in the center, decorated with corn cobs.
This coin is of a model issued in the Lodz Ghetto, yet archived when the chief of German Nazi administration of the Lodz Ghetto, Hans Biebow, ordered Chaim Rumkowski to remove the oak leaves and corn cobs from the coin, and change the design of the digit "10" to differentiate it from the design on German coins.
2-4. Three 5 Mark coins, 1943. Obverse: the denomination; a legend across, "Quittung Über"; and a legend on the perimeter, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". Reverse: A Star of David, the word "GETTO" and the year 1943.
5-8. Four 10 Mark coins, 1943. Obverse: the denomination; a legend across, "Quittung Über"; and a legend on the perimeter, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". Reverse: A Star of David, the word "GETTO" and the year 1943.
9. A 20 Mark coin, 1943. Obverse: the denomination; a legend across, "Quittung Über"; and a legend on the perimeter, "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt". Reverse: A Star of David, the word "GETTO" and the year 1943.
Enclosed: a copy of the 10 Mark coin from the Lodz Ghetto (late minting), with the word "souvenir" impressed obverse.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
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