Catalog
100 Schilling
| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Austrian-born Swiss painter Angelika Kauffmann (1741–1807) at right, rendered in intaglio after a classical likeness, with an elaborate guilloche rosette enclosing the Austrian eagle arms at left centre. The issue designation '2. AUFLAGE' appears at upper left, with the denomination numeral '100' at lower left and lower right corners. Two facsimile signatures appear beneath the central vignette, identified by title as GENERALRAT, PRÄSIDENT, and GENERALDIREKTOR. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a traditional Bregenzerwald farmhouse (Bregenzerwälderhaus) dated 1686, set within an elaborate guilloche border with undulating wave patterns. The denomination numeral '100' appears in all four corners, with the serial number printed in red at upper left and lower right. The inscription 'BREGENZERWÄLDERHAUS' appears beneath the building vignette. |
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The P#146 100 Schilling was engraved by Roman Hellmann and printed entirely in-house at the OeNB — the bank having operated its own printing works since the interwar period, a relatively rare degree of vertical integration among European central banks. The 1969 issue falls within the postwar series that ran alongside Austria's economic recovery and eventual Schilling revaluation stability, though by this date the currency was already firmly anchored and the note's function was routine rather than emergency.
Watermark-only security for a note of this denomination reflects the era's printing norms rather than any lapse — multicolour intaglio printing was considered sufficient deterrent in combination.