Poland, 20 zloty note
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 6.620 inches (16.815 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 in 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/AL. 1456961/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