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2 Krune City of Subotica
| Issuer | City of Subotica |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 124 × 83 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is based on the Austro-Hungarian Bank 2 Kronen note dated 1 March 1917. A female head vignette appears at both the upper left and upper right corners, while the central lower area carries the coat of arms of Austria. The face value is rendered in nine languages of the monarchy in addition to the primary German text, with three manuscript signatures of the Gouverneur, Generalrat, and Generalsekretär positioned along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | AZ OSZTRÁK MAGYAR BANKE BANKJEGYÉRT BARKI KIVAN SÁGARA AZONNAL FIZET BÉCSI ÉS BUDAPESTI FOINTÉZETEINEL KET KORONA TÖRVÉNYES ÉRCZPÉNZT BECS, 1917 EVI MARCZIUS 1:DI OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK FOTANÁCSOS signature KORMÁNYZÓ signature VEZÉRTITKÁR signature OVERPRINT УПРАВА ГРАДА СУБОТИЦА in Serbian Cyrillic UPRAVA GRADA SUBOTICA in Serbian Latin Броj: 156 In Serbian Cyrillic Broj : 156 In Serbian Latin (Translation: Anyone desiring the Austrian-Hungarian banknote will be paid immediately at its institutions in Vienna and Budapest. Two Crowns Legal coinage March 1st, 1917 Austrian-Hungarian Bank Chief Advisor Signature Governor Signature Executive Secretary Signature Overprint City Administration of Subotica in Serbian Cyrillic City Administration of Subotica in Serbian Latin Number 156 in Serbian Cyrillic Number 156 in Serbian Latin) |
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Subotica issued its own emergency paper money in 1919 because the city changed hands twice in rapid succession — from the collapsed Austro-Hungarian administration to a brief Hungarian Soviet Republic period, and then to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by late 1918 into 1919. The Austro-Hungarian krone was still nominally in circulation, but trust in imperial currency had collapsed and small change was desperately scarce. Municipal issues like this one filled that gap before Belgrade could impose a unified monetary framework.
The denomination in "Krune" rather than the Serbian "Kruna" reflects the overwhelmingly Hungarian and German-speaking character of Subotica at the time — the city was known as Szabadka to its Magyar population, Maria-Theresiopel to its Germans.