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Germany [Germany 1 Rentenmark 1923-1937 Mark]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.356 Author/Creator: Germany Place Written: Germany Type: Object Date: 1917 Pagination: 1 banknote : paper : green, blue, and purple Height: 8.9 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Germany 5 Mark 1917. Contains a portait of a woman on one side and a decorative crest on the reverse side.

Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
World War II
Money
The Roaring Twenties
World War II

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