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1000 Schilling

Issuer Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Year 1997
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Size 154 × 72 mm
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Obverse description Right-facing portrait bust of Karl Landsteiner (1868–1943), the Austrian-American biologist and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (1930), rendered in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The denomination 1000 TAUSEND SCHILLING appears in bold letterpress, flanked by the issuance date and the issuing authority inscription OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK. Signature lines for the Präsident, Generaldirektor, and Generalrat are printed below the central vignette.
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Reverse description A vignette illustrating Karl Landsteiner at work in his laboratory, rendered in intaglio with fine-line engraving detail, set against a multicolour guilloche background. The scene alludes to his pioneering research into human blood groups, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. The denomination TAUSEND 1000 SCHILLING is inscribed across the design.
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