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1 Korona Lwow
| Issuer | Kasa Gminy Miasta Lwowa (City of Lwów Municipal Treasury) |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress on a blue and red guilloche underprint. A central panel carries the large denomination inscription 'JEDNA KORONA' flanked on each side by numeral '1' in ornate cartouches, all enclosed within an intricate scrollwork border. At the top centre, a civic coat of arms surmounted by a crown and flanked by laurel branches serves as the principal vignette, with the date '1914.' and series/number designations printed in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | JEDNA KORONA Kasa Gminy Miasta Lwowa Ser. XVIII Nr. 831 1914. (Translation: One Crown / Treasury of the City of Lwów Municipality) |
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Lwów's municipal emergency issue of autumn 1914 was a direct response to the Russian advance into Galicia. As Austrian imperial currency vanished from circulation almost overnight — hoarded, evacuated with retreating troops, or simply unavailable — cities were left to improvise. The Kasa Gminy Miasta Lwowa had no central bank backing and no printing infrastructure designed for currency production; the notes were produced locally under acute wartime pressure, and it shows in the relatively crude execution compared to Vienna-printed issues.
Russian forces occupied Lwów in September 1914 and held the city until June 1915. Notes issued in that window circulated under occupation, which complicates their provenance considerably.