Catalog
2 Kronen Aussig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Aussig (Municipality of Aussig / Ústí nad Labem) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 112 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Ausgabe B Nr. [serial number] Gutschein über ZWEI KRONEN rückzahlbar in Noten der Oesterr.-Ung.-Bank bis 31. Jänner 1919. Für diesen Gutschein haftet die Stadtgemeinde Aussig gemäss den mit den umstehenden Geldanstalten und Gesellschaften, auf voller Deckung der ausgegebenen Gutscheine beruhenden Vereinbarungen. Aussig, den 6. November 1918. Für die Stadtgemeinde Aussig: Otto Ößl Ing. dr. Hirgins J. Hansemann Ferd. Muresch Gem. Aussch. Mitgl. Gem. Aussch. Mitgl. Bürgermeister Stadtrat ALOIS HOLUB, AUSSIG (Translation: Issue B, No. [serial number] / Voucher for / TWO KRONEN / repayable in banknotes of the Austro-Hungarian Bank until 31 January 1919. / For this voucher the Municipality of Aussig is liable in accordance with the agreements concluded with the local financial institutions and companies, based on full coverage of the issued vouchers. / Aussig, 6 November 1918. / For the Municipality of Aussig: / Otto Ößl, Ing. dr. Hirgins, J. Hansemann, Ferd. Muresch / Municipal Committee Members, Burgomaster, City Councillor) |
| Reverse description | Plain white reverse printed in dark green, with denomination numeral '2' in circular medallions at each corner. Two horizontal bands at top and bottom carry the anti-counterfeiting warning. The central field lists, in Gothic script, the ten local banks and commercial institutions in Aussig that guaranteed coverage of the voucher, arranged in evenly spaced lines. |
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Notgeld from the Bohemian city of Aussig, issued in the chaotic final weeks of the Habsburg collapse. When the Austro-Hungarian monetary system fell apart in late 1918, municipalities across the Sudetenland scrambled to produce emergency currency locally — Stadtgemeinde Aussig turned to Alois Holub, a printer operating within the city itself, rather than waiting for any central authority that no longer functionally existed.
Aussig sat at a volatile intersection: a predominantly German-speaking industrial city that would soon fall under Czechoslovak jurisdiction, a transition its population largely opposed. The note predates that political resolution by weeks.