Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 pfennig coin
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Coin used in the Łódź [Litzmannstadt] Ghetto during the Holocaust.
- Date
-
issue:
1942
- Geography
-
manufacture:
Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland);
Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Gorto
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Scrip (aat)
- Physical Description
- recto: "DER AELTESTE DER JUDEN IN LITZMANNSTADT"; verso: date "1942" on Star of David center surrounded by "Quittung Ueber/10/PFENNIG"; coin encased in plastic sleeve on cardboard; card = 2" x 2"
- Dimensions
- overall: | Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Materials
- overall : aluminum
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by John Gorto.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-29 12:55:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11676
