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20 Schilling
| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Reference(s) | P#136 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio-engraved bust of Carl Auer Freiherr von Welsbach (1858–1929) to the right occupies the right half of the note, identified by the inscription 'AUER v. WELSBACH 1858–1929' below the portrait. To the left, the Austrian double-headed eagle arms is rendered in fine engraving, set within elaborate guilloche rosettes at each corner and along the borders. The denomination 'ZWANZIG SCHILLING' appears in large serif lettering at centre, with two facsimile signatures flanking the title 'PRÄSIDENT' above and 'GENERALRAT' and 'GENERALDIREKTOR' below, all against a multicolour guilloche underprint in red, blue and green. |
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| Obverse lettering | OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK ZWANZIG SCHILLING 20 WIEN, AM 2. JULI 1956 GENERALRAT PRÄSIDENT GENERALDIREKTOR AUER v. WELSBACH 1858–1929 ROMAN HELLMANN fec. ALFRED NEFE sculp. |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a finely engraved pastoral landscape of Maria Rain with its baroque twin-towered church set among trees, backed by the rugged ridgeline of the Karawanken Mountains rendered in detailed intaglio line work. The caption 'MA.RAIN · KARAWANKEN' appears below the vignette, with the denomination 'ZWANZIG SCHILLING' in a bold horizontal banner beneath. Multicolour guilloche rosettes in green, purple and pink occupy the left and right margins, and the serial number is printed twice in blue at the foot of the note. |
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