Physical Details
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Occupation currency (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Square paper currency with a blue-green underprint with a dome flanked by torches with superimposed black wavy lines, and a decorative black border. The denomination 2 is in the 4 inner corners in green ink. The serial number and French text are in the center. The denomination DEUX 2 FRANCS is in the bottom center. The reverse has a red and blue underprint with wavy and distorted lines and a geometric patterned blue border. In the center is a floating French flag with 3 vertical stripes: blue, white, red. Across the bottom of the flagpole is a decorative blue panel with scrollwork flourishes and the French national motto: Liberte Egalite Fraternite. The note is like new, with narrow bottom and right edges.
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Erna Rothschild donated the Walter H. Rothschild collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:16:53
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