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20 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | An intaglio-printed portrait vignette of a front-facing bearded man is set within an octagonal frame at right, with the denomination numeral 20 appearing both above and below the portrait. The centre of the note carries the denomination in Gothic blackletter script reading 'Zwanzig Kronen', flanked by an elaborate guilloche underprint in olive-green with floral and foliate ornamental motifs. A circular guilloche rosette with the numeral 20 appears at left, and three facsimile signatures are printed below the central text block. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the payment obligation text in modern roman typeface across the centre, set against a finely engraved guilloche underprint in olive-green with repeating floral and foliate ornamental borders mirroring the obverse design. The denomination numeral and bank title are rendered in the same two-colour purple and olive-green scheme. |
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By 1922, the Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank was issuing currency for a state that no longer existed in any meaningful sense. The Austro-Hungarian monarchy had collapsed in 1918, and this note circulated in what remained of German-Austria under terms of prolonged monetary dissolution — the joint bank continued operating into 1923 solely to wind down its affairs, stamping and overprinting old stock for whichever successor state would accept it.
The 20 Kronen denomination was among the lowest-value notes still in production as hyperinflation rendered it nearly worthless on issue. Junk and Rössler were both accomplished Viennese graphic artists, but the economic circumstances made their work here largely academic.