German Occupation/WW2/Concentration Camp Notes

im a big fan of WWII Era Currency & coins especially camp money & occupation areas
please share what you have
i would like to see some extremely rare pieces or extremely high quality items !


here is some examples

 

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Do you have some history to share about the currency kolyan? Interesting, but I can't read any of the languages so don't know what they represent...And, welcome to Coin Talk!

Bruce

 

hello, the 2 very top ones are Ukranian Karbowanez
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During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine in World War II, the German occupying government (Reichskommissariat Ukraine) issued banknotes denominated in karbovanets (karbowanez in German). The karbovanets replaced the Soviet ruble at par and was in circulation between 1942 and 1945. It was pegged to the Reichsmark at a rate of 10 karbovantsiv = 1 Reichsmark.
important note : 2 karbowanez never circulated in occupied Ukraine
there is many mystic stories about this note
here is one version:
This is the key to the series and quite well regarded among collectors. Nearly all of this denomination was caught in crossfire when Ukrainian partisans blew up a Nazi train which contained the majority of the print run for these notes. price is starts from 1500 - 6000$
the very bottom one is Transnistrian Occupation 120 Lei
It is an extremely rare note. Is an element of occupation of Romania to Transnistria ( Including Moldavia ,Bessarabia etc.)

 

1940 Wehrmacht Note 1 pfennig

 

anybody can pronounce it :behelfszahlungsmittel ? Lol

 

Paper money from Litzmannstadt (Lodz) Ghetto





But this thread is only for Germany, or also for occupation notes and coins of other countries (Italy, for example? )

petronius

 

any countries

 

Moravia -
Czech


Luxembourg -

 

Thanks for the great information Kolyan...and to everyone else for posting their interesting notes.

Bruce

 

Italian occupation of Ionian Islands.

Italians occupied Ionian Islands (Greece) in 1941, and in 1942 was issued occupation currency called "Biglietti a Corso legale per le Isole Ionie" (Legal Tender Notes for Ionian Islands).

The full set is from 1 drachma to 5,000 drachmas, here the lower values, 1, 5 and 10 drachmas

 

50 and 100 drachmas

 

500, 1,000 and 5,000 drachmas








After the armistice between Italy and the Allies (September 8, 1943) the Germans occupied the Ionian Islands, and on the island of Cephalonia massacred more than 5,000 Italian soldiers

petronius

 

Sure. Behelfszahlungsmittel. Did you hear me?
(It's actually pretty easy to pronounce provided your primary language is the right one, hehe.) Translates to something like auxiliary means of payment.

Christian

 

Yup, no trouble pronouncing Behelfszahlungsmittel.

 

Italian occupation of Montenegro.

When Italians occupied Montenegro in 1941, did not issued a new occupation currency, as in Greece, but validated the Yugoslavian currency in circulation for use in occupied area.
The validation was usually a circular stamp, showing a woman holding a torch on a pedestal (allegorical representation of Italy) and the word "VERIFICATO" (Verified), applied in black twice to each note's face.




10 dinara September 22, 1939, portrait of King Peter II of Yugoslavia as a young man





20 dinaraSeptember 6, 1936, portrait of King Peter II as a child




Peter II was the last King of Yugoslavia. Born in 1923 he became King in 1934, after the death of his father, Alexander I, killed during a journey in France.
During the war he set up a government-in-exile in England, and at the end of the war was deposed by the new Communist government, while he was still in exile.
Peter II did not abdicate ever. After the war he lived in US and died in Denver, November 3, 1970.

petronius

 

50 dinara, December 1, 1931, portrait of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, father of Peter II





100 dinara, December 1, 1929




The stamp was applied also on 100 dinara notes with the same design, but dated November 30, 1920...extremely rare.

petronius

 

500 dinara, September 6, 1935, King Peter II as a child





1,000 dinara, December 1, 1931, portrait of Queen Mary of Romania, wife of Alexander I and mother of Peter II




petronius

 

Many counterfeits are known for these notes (generally, counterfeited stamp on authentic notes)...modern counterfeits (for collectors) and contemporary counterfeits.

From February to September 1942, Italians reimbursed the notes with stamp (exchange 38 lire for 100 dinara) and many counterfeited stamps were applied on authentic notes...easier to counterfeit a stamp than a banknote

This is an authentic 1,000 dinara, with contemporary counterfeited stamp.



petronius

 

OK, I tried splitting the topic into two, with similar titles. Paper money is mostly here (some posts were "mixed"), coins are mostly there:

German Occupation/WW2/Concentration Camp Coins
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/german-occupation-ww2-concentration-camp-coins.235923/

Christian