Poland, 20 zloty note

Object | Accession Number: 1996.43.1.3

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Poland, 20 zloty note

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Date: 1931
postmark: 1939
Language: Polish
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: National bank notes (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shula Hamilton

Physical Description: paper bank note, 20 Zloties; blue, red, brown, yellow ink on white paper; recto: bears image of male bust in upper right corner, "BANK POLSKI/DWADZIESCIA/ZLOTYCH/WARSZAWA 20 CZERWCA 1931r./PREZES BANKU/NACZELNY DYREKTOR/SKARBNIK/AL. 1456961/ZL20ZL"; verso: bears image of young woman holding sheaves of wheat, flanked by two children, and text, "20 BANK POLSKI 20/DWADZIESCIA ZLOTYCH"
Dimensions: overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 6.620 inches (16.815 cm) | Depth: 15.980 inches (40.589 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, plastic
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Shula Hamilton.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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