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1000 Kruna Slovenian

Issuer Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Year 1919
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Obverse lettering KRALJESTVO SRBOV HRVATOV SLOVENCEV
EZER KORONA
AZ OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK BANKJEGYEIT A BANK KÍVÁNSÁGÁRA AZONNAL FIZET BÉCSI ÉS BUDAPESTI FŐINTÉZETEINÉL
OSZTRÁK-MAGYAR BANK
TÖRVÉNYES ERCPÉNZT: BÉCS: 1902
Reverse description The reverse of the underlying Austro-Hungarian Bank 1000 Kronen note of 1902, printed in the Hungarian-language version, with the denomination 'EZER KORONA' repeated in large letterpress at centre, framed by an intricate guilloche pattern and ornamental corner devices consistent with the obverse layout.
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This note belongs to a transitional monetary episode that followed the collapse of Austria-Hungary. Rather than print entirely new currency, the new Kingdom simply overstamped existing Austro-Hungarian banknotes — in this case, 1000 Kronen notes issued by the Austro-Hungarian Bank in Vienna — with Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian text to assert fiscal authority over the former imperial currency still circulating across the northern territories.

The overprinting was done hastily and inconsistently, which produced multiple stamp varieties. Pick lists both 10a and 10b variants distinguished by differences in the overprint application. Forgeries of the stamps were also a documented problem almost immediately after issue.

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