Litzmannstadt 1942 10 pfennig - Revision history

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[[Image:Poland H3038-36082o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3038, lot 36082]]
[[Image:Poland H3038-36082r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 36082 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Litzmannstadt magnesium 10 Pfennig Token 1942 AU. Issued for the Concentration Camp in Lodz, to replace the paper chits." Five, ten and twenty mark tokens also exist and are scarce. The ghetto was liquidated in 1944 and all its inhabitants sent to the death camps.

''Recorded mintage:'' 100,000.

''Specification:'' aluminum-magnesium.

''Catalog reference:'' SB-1022, KM Tn5.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3038, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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* [[Coins and currency dated 1942]]
* return to coins of [[Poland]]

[[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3037]]

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 [[Image:S83-2698.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 83, lot 2698]]
-The first specimen was lot 36082 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Litzmannstadt magnesium 10 Pfennig Token 1942 AU. Issued for the Concentration Camp in Lodz, to replace the paper chits." The second specimen was lot 2698 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$870 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 ''Pfennig 1942, Lodz. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet.'' (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten pfennig of 1942. Very rare, Good very fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. Five, ten and twenty mark tokens also exist and are scarce. The ghetto was liquidated in 1944 and all its inhabitants sent to the death camps.
+The first specimen was lot 36082 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Litzmannstadt magnesium 10 Pfennig Token 1942 AU. Issued for the Concentration Camp in Lodz, to replace the paper chits." The second specimen was lot 2698 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$870 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 ''Pfennig 1942, Lodz. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet.'' (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten pfennig of 1942. Very rare, Good very fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. Five, ten and [[Litzmannstadt 1943 20 mark|twenty mark]] tokens also exist and are scarce. The ghetto was liquidated in 1944 and all its inhabitants sent to the death camps.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 100,000.
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 * [[Litzmannstadt 1943 5 mark]]
 * [[Litzmannstadt 1943 10 mark]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 1942]]
 * return to coins of [[Poland]]
 [[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3037]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 82, 83]]

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 [[Image:S83-2698.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 83, lot 2698]]
-The first specimen was lot 36082 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Litzmannstadt magnesium 10 Pfennig Token 1942 AU. Issued for the Concentration Camp in Lodz, to replace the paper chits." The second specimen was lot 2698 in Sincona sale 83 (Zurich, May 2023), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$870 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 ''Pfennig 1942, Lodz. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet.'' (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten pfennig of 1942. Very rare, Good very fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. Five, ten and twenty mark tokens also exist and are scarce. The ghetto was liquidated in 1944 and all its inhabitants sent to the death camps.
+The first specimen was lot 36082 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $1,292.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Litzmannstadt magnesium 10 Pfennig Token 1942 AU. Issued for the Concentration Camp in Lodz, to replace the paper chits." The second specimen was lot 2698 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 650 CHF (about US$870 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 ''Pfennig 1942, Lodz. Sehr selten. Gutes sehr schön. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet.'' (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten pfennig of 1942. Very rare, Good very fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. Five, ten and twenty mark tokens also exist and are scarce. The ghetto was liquidated in 1944 and all its inhabitants sent to the death camps.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 100,000.

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 ''Specification:'' aluminum-magnesium, the second specimen 0.97 g.
-''Catalog reference:'' Jäger L1. SB-1022, KM Tn5.
+''Catalog reference:'' Jäger L1. SB-1022, the first specimen KM Tn5, the second specimen KM Tn1.
 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''

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 * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
 * <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3038, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.
-* <sup>[2]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals,'' Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
+* <sup>[2]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''SINCONA Auction 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals,'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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