Is a WW2 German bank note with a LITZMANNSTAND symbol possibly fake?
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Well, this certainly needs more scrutiny:
Lotz (German: Litzmannstadt) had their own currency.
When the ghetto was created, its inhabitants were forced to exchange their cash and valuables for the ghetto mark. Other large ghettos in Poland adopted a different approach: they were allowed to use banknotes of the Polish zloty and small denominations of the German Reichsmark with unique stamps indicating that this currency can only be used in the ghetto.
I also hope it was your own typo here that made you say "LITZMANNSTAND" instead of the correct Litzmannstadt. Because that is plain wrong and looks like either someone did not know German, or had autocorrect on and did not pay attention. I have a hard time imagining any German using a wrong stamp for something like this. It's not like a one time typo in a hastily typed up document.
So, the city is spelled wrong and on top, that specific ghetto actually didn't do that. All others did. Smells like a fake.
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At first glance, this sounds like a fake.
There is no mention of overprinted German notes.
The statement from the seller is correct, but not for Łódź/Litzmannstadt (they dodged the question).
Starting on the 24th of June 1940, German and Polish banknotes had to be exchanged for Mark-Quittungen (Mark Receipts), initially only as paper notes. The exchange had to be completed by the 8th of July 1940, 18.00h.
Notes for 50 Pf, 1,2,5,10,20 and 50 Marks were designed inside but printed outside the Ghetto. Altogether, notes for 7348 Million Marks were issued.
In the summer of 1942, coins were also issued.
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