1940 Germany RM 500 Prussia State Treasury Bond Early War Reichsadler Seal VF+

Description

Prussian State RM500 Treasury Bond 1940
What You See Is What You Get
Lot G03458 - In this lot you get:
(1x)
ℛℳ 500 4% 10 Year  Prussian State Treasury Bond, issued 31 May 1940
ON OFFER:
A superb example of a
Prussian state
loan bond ('
schuldverschreibung
') for 500 Reichsmarks from the Third Reich era, issued in Berlin on 31 May 1940. Lithograph by the State Printing Office in Berlin in black, blues and reds on A4 sized paper; intact seal. Punch cancel. No flaws. Watermark clear; paper crisp, clean, bright. Rates an old-school VF+ no discussion. See scans.
Authentic historical artifacts documenting turbulent times. The last of these canceled VF+ certificates from the vaults of the former Reichsbank in Berlin were sold by the German Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues (
Bundesamt für zentrale Dienste und offene Vermögensfragen
, or BADV,) in 2009 through the German auction house of Dr. Busso Peus, of Frankfurt. In 2015 the BADV held its final sale of pre-1945 German government bonds from the famous '
Reichsbankschatz
' hoard. What you see is what you get.
Once the largest kingdom in the German Empire, following WWI and the Revolution, Prussia became the largest of the Federal States of the Weimar Republic. Although the revolution had stripped away many of the powers formerly reserved to the states under the Empire, they retained much of their domestic fiscal autonomy under the new Republic and during the Hitler dictatorship.
After WWII, the state of Prussia was consigned to the dust heap of history, absorbed as it was into the Soviet Union, Poland, the German Democratic Republic, and the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1953 West Germany assumed responsibility for Prussian state debt under the terms of the London Agreement. That debt was retired in the early 2000s.
Appealing to scripophily collectors, historians, and educators alike, they make for an interesting addition to
Second World War
and finance collections. Makes a nice gift for the Old Cold Warrior, student, educator, or history buff in your life!
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