Lodz Getto Coins

Your asking a question? I assume you want to know if they are genuine or restrike? Can you tell us about the history of these tokens( I have never seen them before)

The tokens, both coins and notes, get a mention in the Wikipedia article on the ghetto. The Lodz ghetto tokens are extremely collectable. A couple of months ago I paid AU$170 for a 10 mark token in EF condition, from a local dealer who specializes in German coins and tokens.

He also told me there were tons of fakes around, and proceeded to instruct me on how to tell his was fair dinkum. Apparently the dies used to make the fakes were master dies, not the actual working dies, so there are diagnostic die chips etc from the working dies to look for. On the 10 mark token, so I was told, a good diagnostic is a tiny shallow triangular die chip below the "A" in MARK. Here's mine, with the die chip area magnified; the chip is somewhat obscured on mine by a large brown pit right next to it, but it's there.



I can't tell from your pics whether your 10 mark is good or not. We'll have to wait for your own pics in hand.

So do they have any value?

Awful copies. In Poland you can buy them for 3,25$/each.

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