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Austria1 Gulden 1858
Austria has a very long history of feminine vignettes on it's currency, dating back into the 1840s with various bank issues private and public. This 1 Gulden note was issued first in 1858 and continued to circulate up until the late 19th century introduction of the Kroner currency and Austria's adoption of the Latin Monetary Unit. 2 Kroner 1922
This 2 kroner note from 1922 is very similar to the design used in 1916, albeit with the addition of the DeutschOesterreich overprint which limited it's usage to the truncated Austria left over from the dismememberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This note became virtually worthless whence it was issued due to a hyperinflation. Austrian 100 Kroner 1947
This lovely note was from the second issue of banknotes issued after Austria regained her nationhood in 1945. This note is similar to a similar to a 100 Schilling note that was dated 1936, but not issued, but which design was used by Germany after the Anschluss of 1938 for their 20 Reichsmark 1939 note which was used until 1945. This design, whilst lovely, was shortlived and was replaced in 1949 with a more modern design. This particular note is P-124 in the Krause catalog. Austria was left alone after Hungary finally regained her independence right after the cessation of the hostilies of WWI(1914-1918) Notes previously printed under the Austro-Hungarian bank were overprinted with "DeutschOsterreich" and circulated in the country. Rampant inflation soon wiped out the value of these notes. The curious aspect of these note designs used by the old Austro-Hungarian empire is that many of the successor states, Czechoslovakia, the Kingdom of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes(later Yugoslavia)used very similar designs for their first issues of currency. This note is P-50. |
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