Allied Military Authority currency, 1/2 mark, for use in Germany

Object | Accession Number: 1996.28.24

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Allied Military Authority currency, 1/2 mark, for use in Germany

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Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: Occupation currency (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kurt Fish and Judith Fish

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Physical Description: Square paper currency with a face in light blue green ink with an abstract leafy underprint with a white M in the center, overlaid by a black latticework design, within a black decorative border with German text at the top. The denomination 1/2 is in each inner corner in blue ink. The serial number is in the center, with German text on all sides. The reverse is in orange ink, with a large white M in the center of an ornate, circular medallion within a square, geometric patterned frame.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Markings: face, top, center, white letter on black background : ALLIIERTE MILITÄRBEHÖRDE [ALLIED MILITARY]
face, each corner, blue ink : 1/2
face, top left and bottom right, blue ink : SERIE 1944
face, top, center, blue ink : IN / UMLAUF GESETZT / IN / DEUTSCHLAND [IN / CURRENT LAW / IN / GERMANY]
face, center, black ink : 022926804
face, bottom, center, blue ink : FUNFZIG PFENNIG
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The scrip 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
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:30:21
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