Austria paper currency note, 10 schillings, issued postwar
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm)
Archival History
The paper money was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Diana Nikkels, the granddaughter of Abigael de Vries and the daughter of Ingeborg de Vries Nikkels.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana Nikkels
Scope and Content
10 schillings bank note issued by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria, in 1950.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
a-b. The note is in two pieces, torn along the vertical center line; description and dimensions refer to the note as if whole. Rectangular offwhite paper currency. Face has a graphic design in purple ink with a purple scrollwork border and a numeric denomination, 10, in the upper right corner. Inside the border, to the right, is a city scene with the Spanish Riding School and a man in uniform on a Lipizzaner horse. There is text in German in the upper center. On the left is a purple medallion with a numeric denomination in the center. The back has an orange and green border, with a second border of purple botanic scrollwork. Within the inner border is in the lower left is an urn with a cherub sitting on the right, and a numeric denomination at the center top. In the center is the Upper Belvedere palace, surrounded by German text. The series number is on the upper right, and the serial number is in the lower left.
Subjects
- Paper money--Austria--History.
- Austria--Economic conditions-1944--1955.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media