Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Deborah Metzger
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- 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 face in purple, blue, and black 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 5 is in each inner corner in purple 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. The note is creased and very soiled.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.688 inches (6.828 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Diameter: 0.688 inches (1.748 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 bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Deborah Metzger.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-28 10:47:10
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn717207
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