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5 Schillinge
| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Size | 153 × 81 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Schillinge Wien, am 2. Jänner 1925 Oeſterreichiſche Nationalbank DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNO- TEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT. 5 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large central guilloche vignette rendered in blue-green intaglio, incorporating stylized floral and figural ornamental motifs arranged symmetrically. Elaborate geometric lathe-work panels flank the central design, with the numeral 5 printed in the upper left and upper right corners. The serial number appears in red at the lower portion of the note. |
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The Oesterreichische Nationalbank was itself only founded in 1923, a direct consequence of the League of Nations-supervised stabilization program that ended Austria's catastrophic post-WWI hyperinflation. This note belongs to the bank's first substantive series — issued before Austria had fully rebuilt public confidence in paper currency, which the preceding years of crown inflation had thoroughly destroyed.
Rudolf Junk was a prolific Viennese graphic artist; Karl Sterrer a figure painter trained at the Vienna Academy. An unusual pairing for banknote work, and it shows in a design sensibility that leans more toward applied arts than the engraved intaglio tradition common to contemporary European issues.