Poland, 20 zloty note

Identifier
irn11646
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.43.1.2
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11646

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 15.980 inches (40.589 cm)

Archival History

The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Shula Hamilton.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Shula Hamilton

Scope and Content

A twenty zloty note mailed by a Jewish immigrant in Argentina to his mother in Poland, who perished during the Holocaust.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

paper bank note, 20 Zloties; blue, red, brown, yellow ink on white paper; recto: bears image of male bust in upper right corner, "BANK POLSKI/DWADZIESCIA/ZLOTYCH/WARSZAWA 20 CZERWCA 1931r./PREZES BANKU/NACZELNY DYREKTOR/SKARBNIK/CM. 6022229/ZL20ZL"; verso: bears image of young woman holding sheaves of wheat, flanked by two children, and text, "20 BANK POLSKI 20/DWADZIESCIA ZLOTYCH"

Genre

  • Object
  • Exchange Media
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