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10 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN ZEHN KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE. WIEN, 2. Jänner 1915 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETÄR DESET KORUN DZIESIĘC KORON ДЕСЯТЬ КОРОН DIECI CORONE DESET KRON DESETKRUNA ДЕСЕТ КРУНА ZECE COROANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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| Reverse lettering | TIZ KORONA AZ OSZTRÁK MAGYAR BANK E BANKJEGYÉRT BARKI KIVANSAGARA AZONNAL FIZET BÉCS ÉS BUDAPESTI FŐINTÉZETEINEL TIZ KORONA TÖRVÉNYES ÉRCZPÉNZT. BÉCS, 1915 JANUÁR 2-ÉN OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK PÓTTANÁCSOS KORMÁNYZÓ VEZÉRÍTITKÁR A BANKJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA A TÖRVÉNY SZERINT BÜNTETTETIK KORONA |
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The Austro-Hungarian Bank's wartime 10 Kronen series underwent significant simplification compared to prewar issues — a direct consequence of the demands placed on the Oesterreichische Staatsdruckerei as military expenditure consumed both budget and production capacity. By 1915, the empire was printing currency at a pace that would eventually destroy the Krone's purchasing power entirely; this note belongs to the period when inflation was still manageable but accelerating.
Pick 19 circulated heavily and survived poorly. The cotton substrate was adequate for peacetime, but wartime handling conditions were brutal, and genuinely clean examples are rarer than catalog frequency suggests.