Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Gayer Meeks
- Markings
- face, upper center, green ink : QUITTUNG ÜBER / ZWANZIG KRONEN / 20 [RECEIPT OF / TWENTY CROWNS]
face, lower center, green ink : WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT / ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR COUNTERFEITS RECEIPT, WILL BE STRICTLY PUNISHED]
reverse, upper left, serial number, red ink : 004508
reverse, lower left and upper right, green ink : 20
reverse, center, green ink : Quittung / über / ZWANZIG KRONEN / THERESIENSTADT, AM 1.JANNER 1943 DER ALTESTE DER JUDEN / IN THERESIENSTADT / Jakob Edelstein [Receipt / of / TWENTY CROWNS. THERESIENSTADT, ON 1. JANUARY 1943 THE ELDER OF THE JEWS IN THERESIENSTADT]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Scrip (aat)
- Physical Description
- Theresienstadt 20 kronen scrip printed on rectangular, watermarked, offwhite paper in black and green ink. On the face is a vignette with an image of Moses, a bearded man with a wrinkled brow, holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew. To the right is the denomination 20 and German text. The background rectangle has a diamond latticework design. On the right side is a wide, offwhite border with 20 in the bottom corner below a Star of David. The reverse has a background rectangle of wavy, interlocked ovals with a central yellow streak, overprinted with German text, an engraved signature, and a scrollwork line. The denomination 20 is in the upper right corner. On the left side is a wide offwhite border with 20 in the bottom corner below a Star of David in a lined circle. The serial number in red ink is in the upper left corner. The series letter in red ink is on the lower right.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Susan Gayer Meeks.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:59:19
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn598754
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