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5000 Schilling
| Issuer | Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Currency | Second Schilling (1945-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart rendered in intaglio occupies the central vignette, set against a finely engraved guilloche underprint in muted tones. The date of issue, signatures of the Präsident, Generaldirektor, and Generalrat, and the denomination FÜNFTAUSEND SCHILLING appear in letterpress, with the issuing authority OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK WIEN inscribed across the upper register. The overall composition reflects the classical engraving tradition characteristic of Austrian banknote design of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5000 STAATSOPER FÜNFTAUSEND SCHILLING (Translation: State Opera Five thousand shilling) |
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The 5000 Schilling was the highest denomination in Austrian circulation during the late Schilling period, and its 1988 issue came at a moment of relative monetary confidence — Austria had largely tamed the inflation of the postwar decades and the note functioned as a genuine store-value instrument rather than an emergency measure. Robert Kalina designed the series, the same designer who would later win the European Central Bank's competition for the original euro banknote designs.
The Oesterreichische Staatsdruckerei has printed Austrian currency in Vienna since the nineteenth century, one of the few national printers to have operated continuously through two world wars without relocating production.