Auction #37: Worldwide Stamps, Postal History, Worldwide Coins & Worldwide Banknotes

Thursday Jun 07, 2018

This auction features Worldwide Postal History Especially Holyland Foreruners Postcards And Covers, Large Collection Of Gold Coins From All Over The World. And Huge Amount Of Banknotes. Other Interesting Items Included As Well. 

 

Opening $150
Unsold

1942, THE £5.00 COUNTERFEIT BRITISH NOTES.  SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP-"OPERATION BERNHARD"- THE FORGERY BRITISH POUND NOTES.

Some of the most interesting currency artifacte are those known as "OPERATION BERNHARD" notes. These forget British pound notes were manufactured in Sachsenhausen between December 1942 and February 1945. During this period Jewish graphic artists,  illustrators and printers were engaged in  forging British bills under the directive of S.S. Sturmbannfuhrer Walter Bernhard  Kruger. A159 SN #91097

Category
Concentration Camp Money - WW2