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2 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 2 Kronen |
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| Reverse lettering | KÉT KORONA AZ OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK E BANKJEGYÉRT BÁRKI KÍVÁNSÁGÁRA AZONNAL FIZET BÉCSI ÉS BUDAPESTI FŐINTÉZETEINÉL KÉT KORONA TÖRVÉNYES ÉRCZPÉNZT. BÉCS, 1917. ÉVI MÁRCZIUS 1.-ÉN OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK FŐTANÁCSOS KORMÁNYZÓ VEZÉRTITKÁR A BANKJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA A TÖRVÉNY SZERINT BÜNTETTETIK |
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| Variants | P#42a - Overprint on German side P#42b - Overprint on Hungarian side |
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By 1920, the Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank was issuing notes for a state that no longer existed. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had dissolved in late 1918, and the successor republics — Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and others — each scrambled to establish monetary independence. Many simply stamped existing Austro-Hungarian notes with national overprints to claim them as their own currency. This 2 Kronen, issued in 1920, belongs to the brief, awkward window when the old imperial bank continued operating under Austrian jurisdiction before the new Oesterreichische Nationalbank was established in 1922.
The heavy use of Schramm, Rössler, and Junk across both faces reflects the concentrated pool of Viennese graphic talent the bank drew on repeatedly throughout its final series.