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1000 Schilling
| Issuer | Alliierte Militärbehörde |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Reference(s) | P#111 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue and olive-green on an orange-tan guilloche underprint. To the left, a large circular medallion encloses the numeral '1000' above 'SCHILLING' within an intricate engine-turned rosette pattern, flanked below by an acanthus scroll and foliate vignette. To the right, an oval guilloche frame carries the denomination legend 'TAUSEND SCHILLING' in bold letterpress, with the inscription 'IN OESTERREICH AUSGEGEBEN' beneath; the authority title 'ALLIIERTE MILITÄRBEHÖRDE' and series date 'SERIE 1944' appear at the top, with alphanumeric serial numbers printed at upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | TAUSEND SCHILLING 1000 SCHILLING |
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The Allied Military Authority schilling notes were printed in London by Bradbury Wilkinson ahead of the 1945 liberation of Austria, intended as an occupation currency to displace Reichsmarks without creating a monetary vacuum. The high denomination is notable: a 1,000 Schilling ceiling implies the issuing authority anticipated significant commercial transactions needing coverage, not just small-change troop payments.
Soviet forces, arriving in Vienna before the Western Allies, accepted these notes under the quadripartite agreement — one of the rare cases where a single printed series circulated simultaneously under four separate occupying powers with genuinely divergent economic agendas.