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| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| In circulation to | 30 November 1936 |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 50 Fünfzig Schilling Oesterreichische Nationalbank Wien, am 2. Jänner 1929 Präsident Generalrat Generaldirektor Die Nachmachung der Banknoten wird gesetzlich bestraft. ALF. COSSMAN INV. R. ZENZIGER SCULP. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 |
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The Oesterreichische Nationalbank was itself only a few years old when this note was issued — it had been established in 1923 as part of the League of Nations-supervised stabilization program that rescued Austria from one of the more severe hyperinflationary collapses of the postwar period. The schilling it issued replaced the krone at a ratio of 10,000 to 1.
Alfred Cossmann was a Viennese medallist and graphic artist with a precise, finely detailed hand more typical of coin work than banknote design — Rudolf Zenziger's engraving translates that quality into intaglio. Notes from this series were printed by the Austrian State Printing Office.