Bank notes from Poland and Russia, 1912

Item — Folder: Cohn

Scope and Contents

From the File:

All articles about the people he met and experiences he had as a waiter; Could be two bonds from Russia; Father came from Russia

Dates

Creation: 1912

Creator

From the File: Cohn, Philip, 1912-1996 (Person)

Access Restrictions

Open for research use.

Full Extent

From the File: 16 Linear Feet (2 filing cabinets)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Ligher slip printed in Cyrillic. Title translates as "Government Credit Slip Five Hundred Rubles". Smaller text translates roughly as "credit tickets are sold out for a coin without a limit of the amount (1 ruble = 1/15 of the imperial account, containing 17.424 shares of Uistago gold)".

Darker slip has a title that translates roughly as "Five Thousand Polish Brands." The smaller text translates roughly as "The Polish state took responsibility for itself and the exchange of the ninth ticket came to the Polish currency according to the attitude of the Polish brands to be passed by the parliamentary legislature. Warsaw, February 7, 1920, the management of the Polish national credit union."