Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Set of Lodz Ghetto Banknotes – Nine Banknotes

Opening: $350
Sold for: $875
Including buyer's premium
Nine banknotes from Lodz Ghetto (Litzmannstadt), 1940.
A 50 Pfennig banknote, two 1 Mark banknotes, a 2 Mark banknote, two 5 Mark banknotes, a 10 Mark banknote, a 20 Mark banknote and a 50 Mark banknote (first series of banknotes printed in Lodz Ghetto in 1940).
Jewish symbols were printed on the notes – Stars of David and a seven-branched Menorah; the notes are signed in the plate by Mordechai Rumkowski, Head of Lodz Ghetto Judenrat.
Size and condition vary. Good-to fair-poor overall condition.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.
The Morton Leventhal Collection
The Morton Leventhal Collection