Lot 2339
Sale 80 · Important Australian, New Zealand & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
Description
Great Britain, Bank of England, twenty pounds, London, 20 August 1936, No.53/M 35902, (cf P.337a and note p.531). Operation Bernhard Forgery, nearly uncirculated.
Operation Berhard forgeries were almost perfect counterfeits produced by prisoners in the German concentration camp Sachsenhausen during World War II. The enterprise was code named 'Operation Bernhard'.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $0