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1000 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | P#29 |
| Obverse description | Plain green-tinted Kassenschein (cash voucher) of minimal graphic design, printed in dark green on light green paper. The serial number appears in a plain rectangular box at upper left, with the denomination «K 1.000» in a matching box at upper right, and a central guilloche-bordered panel bearing the numeral «1000» flanked by side cartouches and the legend «TAUSEND KRONEN» in bold letterpress. The date «28 Okt. 1918» is stamped in the lower-right section alongside the issuing office designation «OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK, Hauptanstalt Wien» and two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Oesterreichisch-ungarischen Bank wofür dem Überbringer a vista 1000 TAUSEND KRONEN von der gefertigten Bankanstalt bezahlt werden. Wien, am 28 Okt. 1918 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK Hauptanstalt Wien Für verlorene Kassenscheine wird erst nach deren gerichtlicher Amortisierung Zahlung geleistet. Die Verfälschung oder Nachmachung von Kassenscheinen der Bank wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank issued this 1000 Kronen note in the final year of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's existence — meaning a significant portion of the print run was distributed into an economic and political structure that collapsed within months. When the empire dissolved in November 1918, successor states scrambled to distinguish their own currency from the common pool. Several new governments, including Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, applied distinctive rubber stamps or perforations to overprint circulating Kronen notes, effectively nationalizing the paper already in people's hands.
Unstamped examples were legally demonetized at varying speeds depending on the successor state. The Vienna printing house context matters here: notes printed late in 1918 sometimes show hastier production quality as wartime material shortages bit into paper and ink supply.