The collection of securities gives us insight into history

The blog series on the collection work of the Deutsches Historisches Museum (DHM) deals with core questions such as the decision for or against the acquisition of certain objects, the different ways in which they are found and acquired, the changing research questions posed by the objects in the collection, the provenance and origin of the objects, and many other aspects. How and why did it come to an extensive and ongoing bestowal and cooperation contract between an institution of the federal government and the Deutsches Historisches Museum? Dr Lili Reyels, head of the DHM collection of financial and economic history until the end of 2024, examines this question based on one of the most spectacular extant collections of historical securities, the so-called “Reichsbank treasure”.