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20 Kronen Danube State
| Issuer | Österreichische Klassenlotterie |
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| Year | 1923-1934 |
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| Currency | Krone (1919-1925) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1. Klasse Ganzes Los No. 63 Stempel der Geschäftsstelle auf der Rückseite 26. Lot. 1. Klasse 1/1 Los 26. ÖSTERREICHISCHE KLASSENLOTTERIE Lospreis 48 Schilling Ziehung am 17. u. 19. November 1931 Gewinne werden laut Spielplan gegen Rückgabe des Loses längstens bis 23. Februar 1932 ohne jeden Abzug ausbezahlt. Dienststelle für Staatsnotariaten Die Erneuerung zur zweiten Klasse muß spätestens am 7. Dezember 1931 erfolgen. |
| Reverse description | Plain green underprint with a large central geometric guilloche medallion of intricate floral and star patterns. The denomination numeral '20' appears twice in large figures at lower left and lower right. A retailer's stamp reading 'Fritz Dorge, Wien, Kärntner-Strasse 43' with a handwritten signature is applied in the upper left area, and a serial number overprint appears in the upper right corner. |
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The Österreichische Klassenlotterie was not a bank but a state lottery authority, and these Kronen-denominated lottery bonds occupied a legal grey zone between notgeld, savings instruments, and outright gambling tickets. Issued through the early 1920s inflation period and continuing into the 1930s, they reflect a fiscally desperate Austrian state extracting revenue through participation schemes rather than conventional taxation or borrowing.
The extended issue window — running past the 1925 Schilling conversion — means Kronen-denominated examples from the later years had essentially no meaningful face value by the time they were printed.