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10.000 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#62 |
| Obverse description | Hungarian-language side of the original Austro-Hungarian 10,000 Korona note (P#25), overstamped with the black overprint 'DEUTSCHÖSTERREICH' for use in German-Austria. At right, an oval vignette contains a portrait of a young woman with a floral hair ornament. To the left, the Hungarian coat of arms appears flanked by the denomination 'TÍZEZER KORONA' in bold letterpress. The lower portion carries three manuscript signatures above the issuing bank inscription 'OSZTRAK-MAGYAR BANK', with the date '2-november 1918' printed in the centre. |
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| Reverse description | German-language side of the underlying Austria P#25 issue, carrying a central vignette of a woman alongside the Austrian imperial arms. Text is printed in German, with the denomination and issuing authority inscriptions arranged symmetrically across the face within elaborate guilloche borders. |
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank issued this 10,000 Kronen note in 1919 — the institution was already dying. The dual monarchy had collapsed in November 1918, and both Austria and Hungary were scrambling to separate their currency stocks. The successor states addressed the problem crudely but effectively: notes were stamped to indicate which new national territory they now belonged to, with unstamped notes becoming worthless in short order. P#62 examples exist both stamped and unstamped, and the distinction matters enormously for attribution.
The 10,000 Kronen denomination was itself a product of wartime inflation, a face value unthinkable before 1914.