Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ann and Julie Hartenstein
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Emergency currency (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Reichsbanknote printed in black ink on lightweight, rectangular, cream-colored paper with a geometric star-patterned watermark. On the right end of the face, there is a vertical, green, rectangle with a latticework pattern, and a central geometric medallion surrounded by small flowers. German text in fraktur-style font is printed across the note slightly left of center and in three, vertically-aligned lines on the left. There are 12 signatures centered at the bottom and flanked by the Reichsbankdirektorium seal bearing a left-facing Reichsadler surrounded by German text, on both sides. The back is blank.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- To the best of the Museum's knowledge, there are no known copyright restrictions on the material(s) in this collection, or the material is in the public domain. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The currency was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2023 by Annie and Julie Hartenstein.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-05-23 08:51:05
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn754972
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