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Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.
Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.

Rare coin Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto. The Third Reich.

$ 0.52

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Denomination: 20 mark
  • Historical Period: Third Reich (1933-45)
  • KM Number: Tn4
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
  • Composition: Aluminum
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Year: 1943
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated

    Description

    !!! Rare coin
    Occupation of Poland 20 marks 1943 ghetto for Jews, Germany The Third Reich
    Lodz Ghetto 20 mark 1943
    Lodz Ghetto mark (German: Mark, Polish: Marka getta łódzkiego) was a surrogate currency that circulated in the Lodz Ghetto in 1940—1944 until the Ghetto was liquidated in August 1944. It was divided into 100 pfennig (German: pfennig). The notes had no value outside the Ghetto, and could not be exchanged into other currencies.
    Special ghetto currency.
    When the ghetto was created, its inhabitants were forced to exchange their cash and valuables for the ghetto mark. Other large ghettos in Poland adopted a different approach: they were allowed to use banknotes of the Polish zloty and small denominations of the German Reichsmark with unique stamps indicating that this currency can only be used in the ghetto. This was an effective way to strip ghetto residents of their possessions while preventing them from fleeing. Outside of Poland, only the Terezin Ghetto is known to use its own surrogate currency.
    The earliest 10 pfennig coins' design strongly resembled the Reichspfennig of the Third Reich, and the occupation authorities demanded a new design. Further coins were designed by Morduch Glazer (1890-1950).
    The initial design of the banknotes was proposed by Wincenty Brauner, a member of the pre-war art group Jung Jidysz, and featured a man breaking apart his chains; this design was rejected by German authorities. The final design was developed by Ignacy Gutman, head of the Ghetto's construction department: it featured a Menorah and a Star of David in the corner. Printing forms for coins were engraved by Pinkus Szwarc.
    Order # 70 of June 24, 1940 was issued by Chaim Runkowski, and urged Ghetto residents to exchange their money into the Ghetto marks. The use of other money in the Ghetto was punishable by death penalty.
    20 mark 1943, Germany, 3rd Reich. The ghetto in Litzmannstadt (Lodz), Poland, from 1940 to 1944.
    On September 8, 1939, the city of Lodz was captured by German troops. In April 1940, the city was renamed Litzmannstadt, in honor of the German General Karl Litzmann, who was killed near Lodz in 1915.
    Material: Aluminum
    Diameter: 33.45 mm
    Weight: 6.84 gr.
    Edge thickness: - 2.9 mm
    Edge Type: Smooth
    Mutual position of the obverse and reverse: Medal (0°)
    Krause number: Poland KM# Tn4