Nazi Germany, 1 rentenmark

Object | Accession Number: 1996.28.23

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Nazi Germany, 1 rentenmark

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Date: issue: 1923 October 15-1937 January 30
Geography: issue: Germany
Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: National bank notes (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kurt Fish and Judith Fish

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Physical Description: German bank note on rectangular threaded paper with brown and green ink. The face has a patterned rectangle with the denomination 1 in the upper right and both lower left corners The serial number in red ink is at the top above 6 lines of German text and engraved signatures. There is a wide right margin, tinted yellow, with the denomination 1 in the upper right corner and an embossed Reichsbank seal at the bottom. The back has 3 ornate medallions on a geometric patterned rectangle: the left and right have the denomination 1, the center has a wheat sheaf. The bank name is printed above and the denomination Eine Rentenmark is below. Two lines of small fraktur text are printed vertically along the left side. The wide left margin has the denomination 1 Rentenmark in the bottom corner. The note is very worn, creased, and has tears.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Markings: face, upper center, red ink : Q · 42980156
Face, right corner, brown ink : 1
face, upper center, green ink : Rentenbankschein / 1 [1 Pension banknote]
face, center, green ink : Eine Rentenmark
face, lower center, green ink : Ausgegeben aud Grund der / Verordnung vom 15, Oktober 1923 (R.G.B1.I.5.963) / BERLIN, den 30. Januar 1937. / Deutsche Rentenbank / Präsident und Vorstand: / 1 / [5 engraved signatures] / 1 [ Issued... / Decree of 15 October 1923 (RGB1.I.5.963) / BERLIN, January 30, 1937. / German pension bank / President and Board: 5 signatures
back, margin, lower left corner, green ink : 1 / Rentenmark
back, right edge of left margin, 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 [Those who imitate or counterfeit banknotes or distorts or falsifies, procures and markets it, is punishable with imprisonment of not less than two years]
back, upper center, green ink : Deutsche Rentenbank
back, center right, green ink : Rentenmark
back, lower center, green ink : Eine Rentenmark
back, corners, green ink : 1
Contributor: Issuer: Deutsche Rentenbank
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Kurt Fish and Judith Fish.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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