World Banknotes
Lot 3221 SESSION 8 (2.00PM THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) World Banknotes
Estimate $350
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SOLD $480
GERMANY-POLAND, Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto, fifty pfennig, Number 887028; one mark Number A369949; twenty marks Number 234002; fifty marks Number 045791, Quittungen (Receipt notes), (Campbell No. 4201, 4206b (2), 4207(1) Feller & Feller PO-560a, 561b,565b,566a, S&B 1001, 1002, 1006, 1007). Fine - uncirculated, scarce. (4)
The Nazi leadership declared that it was illegal for residents of the ghetto to possess hard currency. Because of this edict, the residents were forced to exchange their German and Polish currency for quittungen (receipts) that were to function as currency. The notes were printed by the Manitius Printing house. The text on the face translated reads 'Receipt for (denomination), The Chief Elder of the Jews in Litzmannstadt, M. Rumkowski, Litzmannstadt, May 15, 1940,' The back states the denomination and gives a warning against counterfeiting.
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