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| Emittent | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Jahr | 1917 |
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| Größe | 120 x 80 mm |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in red on white paper with an intricate guilloche border. Two female vignettes in octagonal frames flank the central text panel, which bears the denomination ZWEI KRONEN in bold letterpress and the issuing bank name with date 1. März 1917. The denomination numeral 2 appears in each corner; two facsimile signatures and the imperial Austrian eagle underprint appear below the central text. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Reverse printed in red on white paper, mirroring the obverse layout with two female vignettes in octagonal frames at left and right. The central panel carries the Hungarian-language text KET KORONA in large letterpress with the Hungarian royal coat of arms at lower left and a decorative circular guilloche at lower right. Three facsimile signatures appear beneath the central inscription. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Austro-Hungarian Bank issued this note in 1917, deep into a war that had already gutted the empire's gold reserves and sent inflation climbing steeply. The 2 Kronen denomination was effectively small change by this point — the purchasing power of the Krone had roughly halved since 1914, and the Bank was printing in ever-larger quantities to cover military expenditure that the bond market could no longer absorb.
Pick 21 is one of the more commonly encountered survivors of the series, partly because 1917 production volumes were enormous and partly because the note's low face value meant few bothered redeeming it after the empire's dissolution in 1918.