Scrip
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.620 inches (6.655 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Jerry Jacobs.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jerry Jacobs
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
red and green ink on white paper; recto: upper left corner, serial number, "A 9476026"; lower left corner, "5" and Nazi German National Symbol with text, "DER PRAESIDENT DER DEUTSCHEN REICHSBANK"; center, "Reichsbanknote/Fuenf/Reichsmark/Ausgegeben auf Grund des Gesetzes ueber/die Deutsche Reichsbank von 15. Juni 1939/Berlin, den 1. August 1942/Der Praesident/der Deutschen Reichsbank/[signature]"; right side, image of young man [bust]; lower right, serial number, "A 9476026"; verso: depiction of cathedral and monument, flanked by depiction of female peasant with sickle and grain [left] and male peasant with board and tool [right]; upper edge, "5 Reichsmark 5"; lower edge, "5 Reichsbanknote 5/[partially legible text:] WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT ODER VERFAELSCHT ..."
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media