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20 Kronen
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Die Oeſterreichiſch=ungariſche Bank, öſterreichiſche Geſchäftsführung zahlt gegen dieſe Banknote bei ihrer Hauptanſtalt in Wien ſofort auf Verlangen Zwanzig Kronen in geſetzlichem Metallgelde, Wien 2. Jänner 1922. Oeſterreichiſch=ungariſche Bank Generalrat Gouverneur Generalſekretär |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 Die Oesterreichisch=ungarische Bank, österreichische Geschäftsführung zahlt gegen diese Banknote bei ihrer Hauptanstalt in Wien sofort auf Verlangen Zwanzig Kronen in gesetzlichem Metallgelde, Wien 2. Jänner 1922. Oesterreichisch=ungarische Bank Generalrat Gouverneur Generalsekretär |
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By 1922, the Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank was issuing currency for a state that no longer existed in any meaningful sense. The Austro-Hungarian monarchy had collapsed in 1918, and this note circulated in what remained of German-Austria under terms of prolonged monetary dissolution — the joint bank continued operating into 1923 solely to wind down its affairs, stamping and overprinting old stock for whichever successor state would accept it.
The 20 Kronen denomination was among the lowest-value notes still in production as hyperinflation rendered it nearly worthless on issue. Junk and Rössler were both accomplished Viennese graphic artists, but the economic circumstances made their work here largely academic.