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250 Kronen
| Issuer | Kriegsdarlehenskasse |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 170 x 105 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green and red-brown kassenschein with the Austrian imperial double-headed eagle vignette at left, flanked by ornate guilloche borders and a standing allegorical figure at right. Central text panel bears the denomination in Gothic letterpress script, with issue authority and legal basis cited below. Dated Wien, 28 September 1914, with manuscript signatures at centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | Pokladní poukázka válečné zápůjčkové pokladny na dvě stě padesát (250) korun Bon kasowy wojennej kasy pożyczkowej na dwieście pięćdziesiąt (250) koron Касова посвідка воєнної позичкової каси на двісти пятьдесять (250) корон Blagajniška cedula ratne zajmovne blagajnice na dvjesto pedeset (250) kruna Blagajnični listek vojne posojilnice za dvesto pedeset (250) kron Buono della cassa dei prestiti di guerra per duecentocinquanta (250) corone Bon de cassă al casei de împrumuturi de răsboiu pentru două sute cincizeci (250) coroane |
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The Kriegsdarlehenskasse — literally "war loan fund" — was an emergency institution created by Austria-Hungary in August 1914 specifically to finance mobilization without drawing directly on Austro-Hungarian Bank reserves. Its notes were not legal tender in the conventional sense but circulated under wartime necessity, accepted by state authorities for tax payments and official transactions.
The 250 Kronen denomination is the largest in the KDK series, and its relatively brief window of active use before postwar currency collapse means genuinely circulated examples are harder to attribute with confidence than survivors that sat in drawers until the empire ceased to exist in 1918.