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5000 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 5000 Kronen |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries multilingual terms and conditions text printed in six languages arranged in two columns: German, Polish, Czech, Ukrainian, Italian, and Romanian, each explaining the conditions of this Kassenschein and warnings against forgery. The layout is strictly typographic with no vignette or ornamental border elements. |
| Reverse lettering | Pokladniční poukázka Rakousko-uherské banky na pěttisíce korun. Kasowa assignata Banku Austryacko-Węgierskiego na pięć tysięcy koron. Каса ассигнація Австрійсько-угорського Банку на п'ять тисяч корон. Buono di Cassa della Banca Austro-Ungarica per Cinquemila Corone. Blagajniška nakaznica Avstro-ogrske banke za pettisočé kron. Blagajnická doznanica Austrijsko-agarske banke na pet tisuća kruna. Blagajnična doznačnica Avstro-ugarske banke na pet hiljada kruna. Bilet de casă al Băncei Austro-Ungară de Cinci mii de Corone. |
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank's 5000 Kronen was the highest denomination issued by the dual monarchy's central bank, and it arrived in 1918 as the Habsburg war economy was collapsing under inflation and supply shortages. The note was barely in circulation before Austria-Hungary ceased to exist. When the empire dissolved in November 1918, successor states — Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and the rump Austrian republic — each scrambled to claim and overstamp existing currency stocks as their own, pending new national issues.
Unoverprinted Austrian examples survived largely through chance, and the 5000 Kronen denomination, being the least common in everyday use, was disproportionately caught up in official holdings rather than public hands.