Nazi Germany 1 (eine) Rentenmark note

Object | Accession Number: 1998.62.10

Overview

Date: 1937 January 30
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jerry Jacobs
Markings: face, upper center, red ink : K 3110037
face, upper center, green ink : Rentenbankschein [Pension banknote]
face, center, bold font, green ink : Eine Rentenmark
face, lower center, green ink : Ausgegeben auf Grund der / Verordnung vom 15, Oktober 1923 (R.G.B1.I.5.963) / BERLIN, den 30. Januar 1937. / Deutsche Rentenbank / Präsident und Vorstand: / Grass[?]o[?]os Hifsler [?][?]s[?]ai[?][?][?][?] / Ka[?]i[?][?] [?]inf[?] [? / Decree of 15 October 1923 (RGB1.I.5.963) / BERLIN, January 30, 1937. / German pension Bank / President and CEO: 5 signatures
back, margin, lower left corner, green ink : Rentenmark
back, right edge of left margin, small font, green ink : Wer Rentenbankscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte / sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft [Whoever imitates or counterfeits banknotes or distorts or falsifies, procures and markets it, is punishable with imprisonment of not less than two years]
back, upper center, bold font, green ink : Deutsche Rentenbank
back, center right, green ink : Rentenmark
back, lower center, bold font, green ink : Eine Rentenmark

Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: National bank notes (lcsh)
Physical Description: Offwhite paper banknote printed in green and red ink with green text. The face has a rectangle with a green linked chain border and a background of red and green latticework with a large 1 in the center. In the right upper and lower corners is the denomination 1. The serial number, B 11361350 in red ink is in the top center, above the text denomination, Eine rentenmark framed by a shield shaped flourish. In the bottom left corner is the denomination 1 in bold font, inside a white scalloped outline. There is an 0.875 inch right margin with the denomination 1 in the upper corner and a circular bank seal embossed in the lower corner. The back has a rectangle with a green and red border with latticework background. In each corner is the denomination 1 in bold font. There are 2 large, geometric patterned bands in the center: the left has a sheaf of wheat; the right has a bold 1 in the center, crossed by a banner with German text. Between the circles is a geometric floral shape. There is German text across the top and bottom center and an 0.875 inch left margin with the denomination 1 in the bottom corner over the embossed seal. There are 2 vertical lines of German text near the edge of the center rectangle.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Jerry Jacobs.