Overview
- Date
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issue:
1921 June 01
- Geography
-
issue:
Brakel (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Klein
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
- 2 Mark scrip from Brakel, dated 1 June 1921 on Recto. "Magistrat zu Brakel (Krs. Hoxter)" also stated recto. Recto also contains image of man chained to a column. Verso contains color image of a medieval town as well as writing in Gothic script.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 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 scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by David Klein.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-16 09:19:43
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn88297
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