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[[Image:S83-2701.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 83, lot 2701]] | [[Image:S83-2701.JPG|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 83, lot 2701]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 2701 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 ''Mark (Quittung über) 1943, Lodz. Geprägt in Magnesium. Gutes vorzüglich. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet'' (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten mark token of 1943. Struck in magnesium. Good extremely fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz in [[Poland]] to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. [[Litzmannstadt 1942 10 pfennig|Ten pfennig]], [[Litzmannstadt 1943 5 mark|five]] and twenty mark tokens also exist and are scarce. The ghetto was liquidated in 1944 and all its inhabitants sent to the death camps. | + | This specimen was lot 2701 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 ''Mark (Quittung über) 1943, Lodz. Geprägt in Magnesium. Gutes vorzüglich. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet'' (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten mark token of 1943. Struck in magnesium. Good extremely fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz in [[Poland]] to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. [[Litzmannstadt 1942 10 pfennig|Ten pfennig]], [[Litzmannstadt 1943 5 mark|five]] 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 (including KM Tn3). | ''Recorded mintage:'' 100,000 (including KM Tn3). | ||
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* [[Litzmannstadt 1942 10 pfennig]] | * [[Litzmannstadt 1942 10 pfennig]] | ||
* [[Litzmannstadt 1943 5 mark]] | * [[Litzmannstadt 1943 5 mark]] | ||
| + | * [[Litzmannstadt 1943 20 mark]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1943]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1943]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 82, 83]] | [[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 82, 83]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:29, 12 March 2026
This specimen was lot 2701 in Sincona sale 83 (Zürich, May 2023), where it sold for 450 CHF (about US$602 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "Getto Litzmannstadt, 10 Mark (Quittung über) 1943, Lodz. Geprägt in Magnesium. Gutes vorzüglich. Mit Kurz-Expertise von Guy Franquinet (Litzmannstadt ghetto, ten mark token of 1943. Struck in magnesium. Good extremely fine)." The Nazis renamed Lodz in Poland to Litzmannstadt after Karl Litzmann (1850-1936), WW I general and Nazi party member. Ten pfennig, five 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 (including KM Tn3).
Specification: aluminum-magnesium, this specimen 1.65 g.
Catalog reference: Jäger L4a, Parchimowicz 15c, KM Tn3a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, SINCONA Auction 83, World and Swiss Coins and Medals, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2023.
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