Ukraine Nazi Occupation 1942-1945 Banknote 50 Karbovanets

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.115

Object Name

Money, Paper

Files

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Description

Green banknote marked with "50 Fünfzig" red number "40-006583" in bottom right on front.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: These notes were in circulation for three years during the Nazi occupation of the Ukraine. The Reichskommissariat Ukraine issued notes in Karbovanets, pegged to the German Reichsmark, thus replacing the Russian ruble. This note would have been equivalent to 5 Reichsmarks. It depicts a miner.

Dimensions

3 1/4 x 6 3/4"

Keywords

Karbovanets

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Ukraine Nazi Occupation 1942-1945 Banknote 50 Karbovanets" (2019). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.115.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1490