1 Korona Lwow

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.