Allied Military Authority currency, 2 francs

Erna Rothschild donated the Walter H. Rothschild collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996. 

Allied Military Authority currency, 2 francs 

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Square paper currency with a blue-green underprint with a dome flanked by torches with superimposed black wavy lines, and a decorative black border. The denomination 2 is in the 4 inner corners in green ink. The serial number and French text are in the center. The denomination DEUX 2 FRANCS is in the bottom center. The reverse has a red and blue underprint with wavy and distorted lines and a geometric patterned blue border. In the center is a floating French flag with 3 vertical stripes: blue, white, red. Across the bottom of the flagpole is a decorative blue panel with scrollwork flourishes and the French national motto: Liberte Egalite Fraternite. The note is like new, with narrow bottom and right edges.