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20 Kronen

Issuer Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank
Year 1907
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Currency Krone (1919-1925)
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Obverse lettering ZWANZIG KRONEN
DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK
ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE AN IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN
ZWANZIG KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE
WIEN 2. JÄNNER 1907
OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK
SERIE
DVACET-KORUN
DWADZIESCIA-KORON
DBAURTH-KORON
ANTI-CORONE
DVAJSET-KRON
DVADESET-KRUNA
DVAJECET-KAPVOJK
DOUEZECI-CORANE
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank's 1907 series was printed at the bank's own facility in Vienna rather than contracted to an outside security printer — a point of institutional pride for an institution that had invested heavily in its own production infrastructure during the 1890s. The dual-monarchy framework meant every note required parallel text in German and Hungarian, a legal and political requirement that shaped the typographic layout of the entire series.

Pick 10 is among the more frequently encountered survivors from the prewar Austro-Hungarian issues, but examples that predate heavy wartime circulation are noticeably less common than catalog frequency suggests.

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