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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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| Reverse description | Dark green on light grey guilloche underprint, within a fine lace-pattern border matching the obverse. The heading 'Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Wien über' in Gothic blackletter is followed by '5 KRONEN' in bold Roman capitals. The remainder of the reverse is occupied by a lengthy Gothic-script text block explaining the legal basis of the issue — citing the municipal council resolution of 25 October 1918 (Pr.-Z. 10540), the total authorised issue of 50 million Kronen, the non-interest-bearing nature of the notes, the redemption schedule up to 28 February 1919, and an anti-counterfeiting warning. |
| Reverse lettering | Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Wien über 5 KRONEN Durch die augenblickliche Bargeldnot gezwungen, gibt die Gemeinde Wien auf Grund des Gemeinderatsbeschlusses vom 25. Oktober 1918, Pr.-Z. 10540, zur Erfüllung ihrer Barzahlungsverpflichtungen Kassenscheine bis zum Gesamtbetrage von 50 Millionen Kronen aus. Diese Kassenscheine sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Wien bis 28. Februar 1919 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 1. Jänner bis 28. Februar 1919 in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst oder nötigenfalls gegen Kassenscheine mit weiterer Laufzeit umgetauscht. Die Nachahmung dieses Kassenscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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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.