Auction 72
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art
Mar 17, 2017
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USA
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Time in Israel: 22:00, Time in New York: 15:00 EST
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LOT 119:
(HOLOCAUST).
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Sold for: $5,250
Estimated price:
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4,000 - $6,000
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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Four Bank of England counterfeit notes forged by Jewish concentration camp prisoners, under Operation Bernhard, based in Sachsenhausen.
One of each: £5, £10, £20 and £50. 5 x 8.5 inches.
Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR, (Sachsenhausen, Germany): 1943.
During World War II, the Nazis devised a secret plan of economic warfare - Operation Bernhard - to destabilize the British economy by flooding it with forged bank-notes. In 1943 the Germans introduced into circulation counterfeit British £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes. A talented team of Jewish concentration camp prisoners were forced to create, what became the largest counterfeiting operation in history. The notes are considered among the most perfect counterfeits ever produced.
* WITH: Brian Burke. Nazi Counterfeiting of British £ Currency During World War II. (San Bernardino, 1987).
