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I certify that these coins have been GUARANTEED GENUINE inspected and are guaranteed authentic. Robin L. Danziger ANA Member #R164636 WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR II stands as the most historically significant event of the 20th century: politically, economically, socially, and culturally. There has never been carnage on such a massive scale. Some eighty million human beings were casualties of the war, including six million Jews exterminated by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Nuclear weapons were developed and deployed for the first time. The map of the world was forever altered in the war’s aftermath, with the United States and the Soviet Union emerging as rival superpowers. World War II also had an incalculable impact on art, literature, and popular culture. THIS REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF TWENTY COINS HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE SIGNATURE MOMENTS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: SEPTEMBER, 1939: NAZIS INVADE POLAND Great Britain and France, having guaranteed the borders of Poland, declare war on Germany two days after the Nazi invasion. The Soviet Union, which had previously agreed to take half of Poland in the event of a German invasion, does not move to defend the Poles. World War II commences. Poland, 50 groschen, KM13, nickel, 5.9 g, 23 mm Dated 1923, the last year Polish coins were struck before the invasion, these coins circulated during the war. 4 MAY 10, 1940: NAZI BLITZKRIEG BEGINS On the day Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime Minister, Hitler launches his grand Western offensive, overwhelming Belgium, Holland, and France. In a brilliant battle plan, Nazi armored units go through the Ardennes and into the Somme Valley, isolating Allied forces already in Belgium. The British Expeditionary Force retreats at Dunkirk. Belgium, 10 centimes, KM125/126, zinc, 4 g, 22 mm Issues of German occupation government. Legend in French and Flemish. Hole at center. 5 JUNE 17, 1940: FRANCE SURRENDERS In a disaster for the Allies, the French army is overrun by the Nazis. The country is divided into a German occupation zone in the north, and a “free” zone in the south, known as the Vichy French government, a Nazi puppet regime. France’s surrender leaves Great Britain alone on the Western front. Vichy France, 1 franc, KM902.1, aluminum, 1.3-1.6 g, 23 mm Puppet regime issue. Inscription of “Work, Family, Country” is a Nazi perversion of the familiar “Liberty, Fraternity, Equality.” 6 JULY 10-OCTOBER 31, 1940: BATTLE OF BRITAIN After defeating France, Germany prepares to invade Great Britain. In order to win, the Nazi Luftwaffe must establish air supremacy. After months of fighting, it fails to do so, and the Germans are repulsed by valiant Spitfire pilots. The triumph of the Royal Air Force leads Churchill to remark, “Never before have so many owed so much to so few.” Great Britain, 6 pence, KM852, silver, 2.83 g, 0.0455 oz ASW, 19.5 mm Silver coin features portrait of King George VI. 7 SEPTEMBER 22, 1940: JAPANESE INVADE FRENCH INDO-CHINA By now controlled nominally by the Nazi puppet regime in Vichy, this French colony is attacked by Japan to shore up its position against its mainland foe, China; the two nations have been at war since 1937. French Indo-China, ¼ cent, KM25, zinc, 2.6 g, 20.5 mm The French colony comprises today’s Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Although controlled by Japan, this coin was minted by the Vichy government. 8 JUNE 22, 1941: OPERATION BARBAROSSA BEGINS Hitler moves forward with his invasion of Russia—a tactical blunder that will ultimately doom the Third Reich. The invasion is delayed because the Nazis have first to topple Yugoslavia, whose newly-installed King Peter II refuses to join the Axis, compelling a full military response from Germany. Yugoslavia, 20 dinara, KM23, silver, 9 g, 0.2170 oz. ASW, 27 mm Issue of the boy-king Peter II, who pulled out of the Tripartite Pact two days after his regent signed it, delaying the Nazi advance into Russia. 9 After the fall of Yugoslavia, Hitler carves it up, annexing Slovenia outright, and putting Serbia under the rule of a military commander. Serbian resistance is so strong that a new government is formed on this date, and soon after, the movement of crucial front line divisions into Serbia from the Eastern Front. Hitler will blame his loss in Russia on Yugoslavia. Serbia, denar, KM31, zinc, 2.9 g, 20 mm Issue of the rump state established by Nazi occupation forces. Features Serbian two-headed eagle. 10 AUGUST 29, 1941: SERBIAN RESISTANCE DISRUPTS NAZI GERMANY JUNE 3-7, 1942: BATTLE OF MIDWAY After losing a humiliating series of battles to Imperial Japan, the U.S. Navy decisively beats an attacking Japanese fleet near Midway Atoll—a devastating defeat from which Japan would not recover. The military historian John Keegan would later call Midway “the most stunning and decisive defeat in the history of naval warfare.” United States, penny, KM132a, zinc-coated steel, 2.7 g, 19 mm To conserve copper during the war, the U.S. government minted pennies made of zinc-coated steel. The portrait of Lincoln was unchanged. 15 As early as 1935, Japanese war planners recognized the strategic importance of the Dutch East Indies—today’s Indonesia—a series of islands rich in oil and other natural resources. Some four million people will die here as a result of the Japanese occupation. Dutch East Indies, 1/10 gulden, KM318, silver, 1.25 g, 0.0289 oz. ASW, 15 mm Silver issue features inscriptions in both Dutch and Malay. 13 JANUARY 10, 1942: JAPAN INVADES THE DUTCH EAST INDIES The supposedly impregnable British base at Singapore, then called the Straits Settlements, is taken by the Japanese. Twenty-five thousand British troops surrender, much to the dismay of Winston Churchill. Straits Settlements, 1 cent, KM32, bronze, 5.8 g, 21 mm Singapore is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johar, and from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait—hence the plural name Straits Settlements. 14 FEBRUARY15, 1942, SINGAPORE SURRENDERS TO THE JAPANESE AUGUST 23, 1942- FEBRUARY 2, 1943: BATTLE OF STALINGRAD The notorious fight between the Nazis and the Soviets for control of Stalingrad is the single largest and bloodiest battle in the recorded history of warfare. Once the Russians manage to repel the Germans, the Nazis never recover. Russia, 20 kopeks, KMY97, copper-nickel, 3.5 g, 22 mm Scarce Soviet issue featuring worker on one side, and hammer & sickle on the other. 16 JULY 25, 1943: MUSSOLINI FALLS The fall of the Italian Fascist Prime Minister marks the end of Italy’s participation in the war as an Axis power. Mussolini only entered the war as a belligerent on June 10, 1941, after the fall of Paris to the Nazis. He believed the war would soon be over, and remarked to an aide: “I only need a few thousand dead so that I can sit at the peace conference as a man who has fought.” He is tried and executed, his corpse displayed upside-down on a meat-hook. Italy, lira, KM77a, stainless steel, 8.1 g, 27 mm The obverse features the portrait of the king Victor Emanuel III. The reverse shows the Republican eagle clutching a fasces (a bundle of birch rods tied together as a cylinder around an ax). The term “Fascism” descends from this, and the symbol on this coin was widely used in Fascist Italy. The Roman numeral XVIII indicates the 18th year of the reign of Mussolini. 17 OCTOBER 17, 1944: BATTLE OF LEYTE Under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, American forces and Filipino guerillas launch an amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte. The victory paves the way for the U.S. liberation of the Philippines from three years of Japanese occupation. Philippines, 20 centavos, KM-182, silver, 4.9 g, 0.0965 oz. ASW, 21 mm Formerly a US possession, the silver issues of the liberated Philippines have a distinctly American look: Liberty on one side, an eagle on the other. 19 MAY 8, 1945: V-E DAY Any hope of a Nazi victory dies with the Führer, who commits suicide in his bunker on April 30. Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies a week later, ending the Third Reich. With the war in Europe over, the world celebrates. A million people crowd into Trafalgar Square in London, while in the U.S., the surrender takes place on President Truman’s 61st birthday. Germany, 2 Reichsmarks, KM93, silver, 6 g, 0.625 silver 0.1607 oz. ASW, 25 mm Features portrait of President Hindenburg on obverse, and the eagle above swastika on the reverse. 20 Hitler occupies Czechoslovakia and sets up a Nazi puppet regime called the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia. To avoid war, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain famously agrees to “appease” Hitler. The Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia convinces Britain and France to end the policy of appeasement, guaranteeing the borders of Poland. Bohemia & Moravia, 1 koruna, KM4, zinc, 4.5 g, 23 mm Issues of the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia, a German rump state. 1 MARCH 15, 1939: GERMANY OCCUPIES CZECHOSLOVAKIA On this “date that will live in infamy,” the Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, compelling the US to enter the war on the side of the Allies. Japan, 10 sen, KM45/49, copper-nickel, 3.75 g, 22.1 mm This wartime issue features the chrysanthemum, the imperial emblem of Japan. 11 DECEMBER 7, 1941: PEARL HARBOR Imperialist forces under Benito Mussolini invade and occupy Albania, ousting King Zog I. By seizing Albania, Italy now controls the Adriatic. The region will serve as an entry point for Italy’s ill-advised invasion of Greece later in the war. Albania, 20 lëk, KM29, stainless steel, 4 g, 21.64 mm Rare issue from the Italian occupation of Albania, which preceded its entry into the war. 2 APRIL 7-12, 1939: ITALY OCCUPIES ALBANIA Within 24 hours of its attack on the United States, Japan invades Southeast Asia. After two years of existential war with Germany, European forces muster only token resistance. British Malaya, in what is now Malaysia, falls to the Japanese, who sink two British warships on December 10. British Malaya, 1 cent, KM6, bronze, 4.3 g, 20 mm The crowned head of King George VI appears in profile on this square issue from the peninsula that is now Malaysia. 12 DECEMBER 8, 1941: INVASION OF MALAYA From the end of the Great War, Danzig had been a “free city,” a majority-German enclave in Poland. Now the Senate president, Arthur Greisler, a member of the Nazi SS inner circle, declares that the Danzig police no longer recognize the authority of Poland in the city. Hitler will use tensions in Danzig as a pretext for the invasion of Poland. Danzig, 10 pfennigs, KM152, aluminum-bronze, 3.4 g, 22 mm Rare issue of the free city of Danzig; reverse features a codfish. 3 JULY 29, 1939: NAZIS REPUDIATE POLISH AUTHORITY IN DANZIG 18 JUNE 6, 1944: D-DAY The Allied invasion of Normandy is the turning point of the war in Western Europe. British, American, and Canadian forces under the command of American General Dwight David Eisenhower cross the English Channel and seize the beachhead at Normandy, in France. The so-called Atlantic Wall is breached, and from then on, it is only a matter of time before the Allies will prevail. Canada, nickel, KM40, tombac brass, 4.5 g, 21.2 mm Canada was a key contributor to the Normandy invasion. Because of the Roman numeral five, the coin is known as a “V” nickel.
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I certify that these coins have been GUARANTEED GENUINEinspected and are guaranteed authentic.
Robin L. DanzigerANA Member #R164636
WORLD WAR IIWORLD WAR II stands as the most historically significant event of the 20th century: politically, economically, socially, and culturally. There has never been carnage on such a massive scale. Some eighty million human beings were casualties of the war, including six million Jews exterminated by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Nuclear weapons were developed and deployed for the first time. The map of the world was forever altered in the war’s aftermath, with the United States and the Soviet Union emerging as rival superpowers. World War II also had an incalculable impact on art, literature, and popular culture.
THIS REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF TWENTY COINS HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE SIGNATURE MOMENTS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR:
SEPTEMBER, 1939: NAZIS INVADE POLAND Great Britain and France, having guaranteed the borders of Poland, declare war on Germany two days after the Nazi invasion. The Soviet Union, which had previously agreed to take half of Poland in the event of a German invasion, does not move to defend the Poles. World War II commences.Poland, 50 groschen, KM13, nickel, 5.9 g, 23 mmDated 1923, the last year Polish coins were struck before the invasion, these coins circulated during the war.
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MAY 10, 1940: NAZI BLITZKRIEG BEGINSOn the day Winston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime Minister, Hitler launches his grand Western o�ensive, overwhelming Belgium, Holland, and France. In a brilliant battle plan, Nazi armored units go through the Ardennes and into the Somme Valley, isolating Allied forces already in Belgium. The British Expeditionary Force retreats at Dunkirk.Belgium, 10 centimes, KM125/126, zinc, 4 g, 22 mmIssues of German occupation government. Legend in French and Flemish. Hole at center.
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JUNE 17, 1940: FRANCE SURRENDERSIn a disaster for the Allies, the French army is overrun by the Nazis. The country is divided into a German occupation zone in the north, and a “free” zone in the south, known as the Vichy French government, a Nazi puppet regime. France’s surrender leaves Great Britain alone on the Western front.Vichy France, 1 franc, KM902.1, aluminum, 1.3-1.6 g, 23 mmPuppet regime issue. Inscription of “Work, Family, Country” is a Nazi perversion of the familiar “Liberty, Fraternity, Equality.”
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JULY 10-OCTOBER 31, 1940: BATTLE OF BRITAINAfter defeating France, Germany prepares to invade Great Britain. In order to win, the Nazi Luftwa�e must establish air supremacy. After months of fighting, it fails to do so, and the Germans are repulsed by valiant Spitfire pilots. The triumph of the Royal Air Force leads Churchill to remark, “Never before have so many owed so much to so few.”Great Britain, 6 pence, KM852, silver, 2.83 g, 0.0455 oz ASW, 19.5 mmSilver coin features portrait of King George VI.
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SEPTEMBER 22, 1940: JAPANESE INVADE FRENCH INDO-CHINABy now controlled nominally by the Nazi puppet regime in Vichy, this French colony is attacked by Japan to shore up its position against its mainland foe, China; the two nations have been at war since 1937.French Indo-China, ¼ cent, KM25, zinc, 2.6 g, 20.5 mmThe French colony comprises today’s Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Although controlled by Japan, this coin was minted by the Vichy government.
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JUNE 22, 1941: OPERATION BARBAROSSA BEGINSHitler moves forward with his invasion of Russia—a tactical blunder that will ultimately doom the Third Reich. The invasion is delayed because the Nazis have first to topple Yugoslavia, whose newly-installed King Peter II refuses to join the Axis, compelling a full military response from Germany.Yugoslavia, 20 dinara, KM23, silver, 9 g, 0.2170 oz. ASW, 27 mmIssue of the boy-king Peter II, who pulled out of the Tripartite Pact two days after his regent signed it, delaying the Nazi advance into Russia.
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After the fall of Yugoslavia, Hitler carves it up, annexing Slovenia outright, and putting Serbia under the rule of a military commander. Serbian resistance is so strong that a new government is formed on this date, and soon after, the movement of crucial front line divisions into Serbia from the Eastern Front. Hitler will blame his loss in Russia on Yugoslavia.Serbia, denar, KM31, zinc, 2.9 g, 20 mmIssue of the rump state established by Nazi occupation forces. Features Serbian two-headed eagle.
10 AUGUST 29, 1941: SERBIAN RESISTANCE DISRUPTS NAZI GERMANY
JUNE 3-7, 1942: BATTLE OF MIDWAYAfter losing a humiliating series of battles to Imperial Japan, the U.S. Navy decisively beats an attacking Japanese fleet near Midway Atoll—a devastating defeat from which Japan would not recover. The military historian John Keegan would later call Midway “the most stunning and decisive defeat in the history of naval warfare.”United States, penny, KM132a, zinc-coated steel, 2.7 g, 19 mmTo conserve copper during the war, the U.S. government minted pennies made of zinc-coated steel. The portrait of Lincoln was unchanged.
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As early as 1935, Japanese war planners recognized the strategic importance of the Dutch East Indies—today’s Indonesia—a series of islands rich in oil and other natural resources. Some four million people will die here as a result of the Japanese occupation.Dutch East Indies, 1/10 gulden, KM318, silver, 1.25 g, 0.0289 oz. ASW, 15 mmSilver issue features inscriptions in both Dutch and Malay.
13 JANUARY 10, 1942: JAPAN INVADES THE DUTCH EAST INDIES
The supposedly impregnable British base at Singapore, then called the Straits Settlements, is taken by the Japanese. Twenty-five thousand British troops surrender, much to the dismay of Winston Churchill.Straits Settlements, 1 cent, KM32, bronze, 5.8 g, 21 mmSingapore is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johar, and from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait—hence the plural name Straits Settlements.
14 FEBRUARY15, 1942, SINGAPORE SURRENDERS TO THE JAPANESE
AUGUST 23, 1942- FEBRUARY 2, 1943: BATTLE OF STALINGRADThe notorious fight between the Nazis and the Soviets for control of Stalingrad is the single largest and bloodiest battle in the recorded history of warfare. Once the Russians manage to repel the Germans, the Nazis never recover.Russia, 20 kopeks, KMY97, copper-nickel, 3.5 g, 22 mmScarce Soviet issue featuring worker on one side, and hammer & sickle on the other.
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JULY 25, 1943: MUSSOLINI FALLSThe fall of the Italian Fascist Prime Minister marks the end of Italy’s participation in the war as an Axis power. Mussolini only entered the war as a belligerent on June 10, 1941, after the fall of Paris to the Nazis. He believed the war would soon be over, and remarked to an aide: “I only need a few thousand dead so that I can sit at the peace conference as a man who has fought.” He is tried and executed, his corpse displayed upside-down on a meat-hook.Italy, lira, KM77a, stainless steel, 8.1 g, 27 mmThe obverse features the portrait of the king Victor Emanuel III. The reverse shows the Republican eagle clutching a fasces (a bundle of birch rods tied together as a cylinder around an ax). The term “Fascism” descends from this, and the symbol on this coin was widely used in Fascist Italy. The Roman numeral XVIII indicates the 18th year of the reign of Mussolini.
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OCTOBER 17, 1944: BATTLE OF LEYTEUnder the command of General Douglas MacArthur, American forces and Filipino guerillas launch an amphibious invasion of the Gulf of Leyte. The victory paves the way for the U.S. liberation of the Philippines from three years of Japanese occupation.Philippines, 20 centavos, KM-182, silver, 4.9 g, 0.0965 oz. ASW, 21 mmFormerly a US possession, the silver issues of the liberated Philippines have a distinctly American look: Liberty on one side, an eagle on the other.
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MAY 8, 1945: V-E DAYAny hope of a Nazi victory dies with the Führer, who commits suicide in his bunker on April 30. Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies a week later, ending the Third Reich. With the war in Europe over, the world celebrates. A million people crowd into Trafalgar Square in London, while in the U.S., the surrender takes place on President Truman’s 61st birthday.Germany, 2 Reichsmarks, KM93, silver, 6 g, 0.625 silver 0.1607 oz. ASW, 25 mmFeatures portrait of President Hindenburg on obverse, and the eagle above swastika on the reverse.
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Hitler occupies Czechoslovakia and sets up a Nazi puppet regime called the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia. To avoid war, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain famously agrees to “appease” Hitler. The Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia convinces Britain and France to end the policy of appeasement, guaranteeing the borders of Poland.Bohemia & Moravia, 1 koruna, KM4, zinc, 4.5 g, 23 mm Issues of the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia, a German rump state.
1 MARCH 15, 1939: GERMANY OCCUPIES CZECHOSLOVAKIA On this “date that will live in infamy,” the Japanese launch a surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, compelling the US to enter the war on the side of the Allies.Japan, 10 sen, KM45/49, copper-nickel, 3.75 g, 22.1 mmThis wartime issue features the chrysanthemum, the imperial emblem of Japan.
11 DECEMBER 7, 1941: PEARL HARBOR
Imperialist forces under Benito Mussolini invade and occupy Albania, ousting King Zog I. By seizing Albania, Italy now controls the Adriatic. The region will serve as an entry point for Italy’s ill-advised invasion of Greece later in the war.Albania, 20 lëk, KM29, stainless steel, 4 g, 21.64 mmRare issue from the Italian occupation of Albania, which preceded its entry into the war.
2 APRIL 7-12, 1939: ITALY OCCUPIES ALBANIA
Within 24 hours of its attack on the United States, Japan invades Southeast Asia. After two years of existential war with Germany, European forces muster only token resistance. British Malaya, in what is now Malaysia, falls to the Japanese, who sink two British warships on December 10.British Malaya, 1 cent, KM6, bronze, 4.3 g, 20 mmThe crowned head of King George VI appears in profile on this square issue from the peninsula that is now Malaysia.
12 DECEMBER 8, 1941: INVASION OF MALAYA
From the end of the Great War, Danzig had been a “free city,” a majority-German enclave in Poland. Now the Senate president, Arthur Greisler, a member of the Nazi SS inner circle, declares that the Danzig police no longer recognize the authority of Poland in the city. Hitler will use tensions in Danzig as a pretext for the invasion of Poland.Danzig, 10 pfennigs, KM152, aluminum-bronze, 3.4 g, 22 mmRare issue of the free city of Danzig; reverse features a codfish.
3 JULY 29, 1939: NAZIS REPUDIATE POLISH AUTHORITY IN DANZIG
18 JUNE 6, 1944: D-DAYThe Allied invasion of Normandy is the turning point of the war in Western Europe. British, American, and Canadian forces under the command of American General Dwight David Eisenhower cross the English Channel and seize the beachhead at Normandy, in France. The so-called Atlantic Wall is breached, and from then on, it is only a matter of time before the Allies will prevail.Canada, nickel, KM40, tombac brass, 4.5 g, 21.2 mmCanada was a key contributor to the Normandy invasion. Because of the Roman numeral five, the coin is known as a “V” nickel.
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