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5 Kronen - Upper Austria
| Issuer | Land Österreich ob der Enns (Federal State of Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown on grey-green guilloche underprint. The centre carries a large Fraktur inscription naming the issuing authority and denomination, flanked on both sides by large numeral '5' vignettes within ornate foliate borders. A small vignette of an eagle appears at the centre. Three manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion, with printed role titles below each reading 'Landesausschussmitglied', 'Landeshauptmann', and 'Landesausschussmitglied'. A serial number is printed in the upper portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | NUR BIS 31. MÄRZ 1919 GILDIG! Kassenschein des Landes Österreich ob der Enns über 5 Fünf Kronen 5 Das Land Österreich ob der Enns haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit seinem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen |
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Upper Austria's 1918 emergency issue belongs to the chaotic final weeks of Habsburg dissolution, when provincial governments scrambled to fill the void left by a collapsing imperial monetary system. The Land Österreich ob der Enns printed these locally in Linz rather than waiting on Vienna — a practical decision that reflected how completely central authority had disintegrated by autumn 1918.
Notgeld of this type circulated briefly before Austrian federal consolidation rendered most provincial emissions obsolete. Survival rates vary sharply by denomination; the 5 Kronen sees moderate scarcity compared to higher values from the same series.