Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
German banknote and coin in envelope
Object Number:
Z.3050a-c
Date:
ca. 1917
Medium:
Paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 1/8 in. ( 7.9 x 12.4 x 0.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on banknote: ". . . / Eine Mark / Berlin, den 12, August 1914. / . . ."
in relief: on one side of coin: "10 / 1915"
handwritten in ink: on front of envelope: "1 Mark bought from / French soldier who / took it off of a German / he had killed. &
Description:
German one mark note and ten pfennig coin in envelope with handwritten inscription.
Credit Line:
Gift of William A. Robbins, 1941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
