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20 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Currency | Crown (1892-1918) |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 ZWANZIG KRONEN WIEN, 2. JÄNNER 1907 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank's 1907 series was a deliberate modernization effort, moving away from the heavier allegorical engraving style of the nineteenth century toward the cleaner Secession-influenced aesthetic then reshaping Viennese applied arts. Pfeiffer and Rössler were staff designers at the Staatsdruckerei, not outside commissions — the house kept its design work internal throughout this period.
The Austro-Hungarian krone had been on a managed gold-exchange standard since 1892, but the Bank never actually accumulated sufficient gold reserves to make the currency fully convertible in practice. When war came in 1914, convertibility was suspended immediately and never restored.