Reichsbanknote, Hundertausend Mark [side one]

Description:

Front of 100 thousand Marks polychrome German note. Dark brown on pink under print; portrait of Merchant Gisze; blue and red fibers embedded on right side. Portrait used for this image of Gisze taken from the work "Portrait of Georg Gisze of Danzig" in 1532, by Hans Holbein, and currently held in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.

Institution: Western Michigan University Libraries

Collection: World War II Propaganda Collections

Rights:

Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable International Copyright Laws, Treaties, or Agreements. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.

Subject Topics:

Paper money--German,

Germany--Paper money,

Bank note vignettes,

Legal tender--Germany,

Devices (Heraldry)--Art,

Germany--Heraldry,

Eagles in art,

Bank notes--1920-1930,

Gisze, Georg--Art

Language: ger

URL: https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/WMUwmu~82~82~206335~121039

Type: still image