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Auction: 23132 - World Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 1268

Operation Bernhard, K. O. Peppiatt, £10 Bank of England, dated 16 April 1935, serial number K145 40026, Operation Bernhard banknotes were produced by Polish and Jewish prisoners in concentration camps, used by the Nazis as a way to undermine the British economy. Against the backdrop of a harrowing period of world history, this lot demonstrates how banknotes have been used in military operations
(Pick 336a, EPM B242*) good fine

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