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5 Kronen Vienna
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wien (Municipality of Vienna) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark green on light grey guilloche underprint. The title 'Kassenschein' is set in large Gothic blackletter script at the top, followed by the issuer legend 'DER STADTGEMEINDE WIEN ÜBER' in Roman capitals, with the large bold denomination '5 KRONEN' at centre flanked by six-pointed star ornaments. Below, a liability clause runs across the width of the note, with the date 'WIEN, AM 1. NOVEMBER 1918.' at lower left. Three facsimile signatures appear at the base beneath the respective titles 'DER VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER:', 'DER BÜRGERMEISTER:', and 'DER STADTRAT:', all within a fine lace-pattern border with corner rosettes. Series number at upper left and serial number at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein DER STADTGEMEINDE WIEN ÜBER 5 KRONEN DIE GEMEINDE WIEN HAFTET FÜR DIESE VERBIND- LICHKEIT MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN. WIEN, AM 1. NOVEMBER 1918. DER VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER: DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DER STADTRAT: |
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Vienna's municipal government began issuing emergency small-change notes — Notgeld — in 1918 as wartime metal shortages and hoarding stripped coins from everyday commerce almost entirely. The Stadtgemeinde Wien series was among the more administratively organized of these efforts, issued with legal backing from the city rather than the ad hoc commercial issuers that flooded provincial Austria at the same time.
The Austro-Hungarian krone was collapsing in purchasing power by late 1918, and municipal notes like this one were often redeemed quickly or simply discarded once the political situation resolved — which is part of why intact examples turn up less often than the print runs might suggest.