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20 Schilling
| Issuer | Alliierte Militärbehörde |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 20 Schilling (20 ATS) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and mauve, with the issuer's title ALLIIERTE MILITÄRBEHÖRDE in bold letterpress across the upper portion, above the large denomination inscription ZWANZIG SCHILLING in the centre. Two circular guilloche medallions, each bearing the numeral 20 above the word SCHILLING, flank the central text at left and right. The lower portion carries an oval guilloche cartouche with the numeral 20 and SCHILLING, flanked by serial number panels at left and right, while the inscriptions SERIE 1944 / IN OESTERREICH / AUSGEGEBEN appear in the centre field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in blue and mauve, centred on a large elaborate circular guilloche rosette with the numeral 20 in the innermost ring, encircled by the repeated microtext SCHILLING. Two smaller circular guilloche medallions at lower left and right each carry the numeral 20 above SCHILLING, flanking the denomination legend ZWANZIG SCHILLING in a horizontal band. The corners bear the numeral 20, and the lower corners carry rectangular cartouches inscribed SCHILLING, with the whole design framed by a dense guilloche border. |
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The Alliierte Militärbehörde (Allied Military Authority) schilling notes were introduced following the liberation of Austria in 1945, providing an interim currency while the Allied powers administered the country's four occupation zones. This series was printed by De La Rue in London well before boots were on the ground — the 1944 print date reflects forward planning by SHAEF financial staff, not a wartime Austrian issuance.
The notes circulated alongside both the old Reichsmark and later the reconstituted Austrian schilling, creating considerable confusion during the transition period. De La Rue's watermarked paper was a deliberate counterfeit deterrent at a time when Nazi-produced forgeries of Allied currencies were an active concern.