Auction 24 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Aluminum Coin – Lodz Ghetto, 1943

Opening: $150
Sold for: $275
Including buyer's premium
A Ten-Mark coin, minted by the Ghetto Lodz Judenrat for use by the Ghetto inhabitants. Lodz, 1943.
Cast aluminum. On one side "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt" and on the reverse an illustration of a Magen David and the inscription "Getto 1943". Diameter: 3 cm. Fair-good condition. The coin was examined and approved as authentic.
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita