Joseph Lanner was the Viennese composer who, alongside Johann Strauss I, essentially invented the commercial Viennese waltz in the 1820s and 30s — the two were briefly business partners before a bitter falling-out that split Vienna's dance-hall audience into rival camps. The ECU denomination itself was never legal tender in Austria; these were issued purely for the collector market tied to the European Currency Unit, a basket currency precursor to the euro that existed from 1979 until monetary union rendered it obsolete in 1999.
Joseph Lanner was the Viennese composer who, alongside Johann Strauss I, essentially invented the commercial Viennese waltz in the 1820s and 30s — the two were briefly business partners before a bitter falling-out that split Vienna's dance-hall audience into rival camps. The ECU denomination itself was never legal tender in Austria; these were issued purely for the collector market tied to the European Currency Unit, a basket currency precursor to the euro that existed from 1979 until monetary union rendered it obsolete in 1999.