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Austria
Capital: Vienna (1,523,000)
Population: 8,205,533
Land Area: 83,858 sq km (32,377 sq miles)
Land Division: 9 States (Burgenland, Kaernten [Carinthia], Niederoesterreich [Lower Austria], Oberoesterreich [Upper Austria], Salzburg, Steiermark [Styria], Tirol [Tyrol], Vorarlberg, Wien [Vienna])
Currency: Gulden (1754-1892), Krone (1892-1924), Schilling (1924-2001), Euro (€) (2002-)
Languages: German
National Day: October 26 (National Day)
Religions: Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%
Ethnicity: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4%
Austria's Map


Kingdom

1892 Currency Reform
Krone Based System:
1 Gulden = 2 Kronen

Republic - Post WWI

Kassenschein der Oesterreichisch-Ungarischen Bank
Austro-Hungarian Bank
ND(1919) Issue
Overprint DEUTSCHÖSTERREICH

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 1 Krone (ND[1919]/1-12-1916): Front Austrian 1 Krone (ND[1919]/1-12-1916): Reverse P49 1 Krone ND(1919)/
overprint on
1 December 1916
Otto Wolfrum/
Alexander Popovics/
Friedrich Edler von Dasatiel-Schmid
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Austrian 2 Kronen (ND[1919]/1-3-1917): Front Austrian 2 Kronen (ND[1919]/1-3-1917): Reverse P50 2 Kronen ND(1919)/
overprint on
1 March 1917
Front: Karl Edler von Neissenau Zimmermann
(Back: Ignaz Schreiber)/
Alexander Popovics/
Friedrich Edler von Dasatiel-Schmid
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Austrian 10 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1915): Front Austrian 10 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1915): Reverse P51a 10 Kronen ND(1919)/
overprint on
2 January 1915
Front: Philipp Ritter von Schöller
(Back: Ignaz Schreiber)/
Alexander Popovics/
Friedrich Edler von Dasatiel-Schmid
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Austrian 20 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1915): Front Austrian 20 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1913): Reverse P53a 20 Kronen ND(1919)/
overprint on
2 January 1913
Front: Max Ritter von Gutman
(Back: Sigmund Gold)/
Alexander Popovics/
Josef De Rohoncz Pranger
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Austrian 1,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1902): Front Austrian 1,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1902): Reverse P59 1,000 Kronen ND(1919)/
ovpt on
2 January 1902
Otto Wolfrum/
Dr. Leon Ritter von Bilinski/
Josef De Rohoncz Pranger
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Austrian 1,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1902): Front Austrian 1,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-1-1902): Reverse P61 1,000 Kronen
(II Auflage)
ND(1919)/
ovpt on
2 January 1902
Otto Wolfrum/
Dr. Leon Ritter von Bilinski/
Josef De Rohoncz Pranger
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Austrian 10,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-11-1918): Front Austrian 10,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-11-1918): Reverse P65 10,000 Kronen ND(1919)/
ovpt on
2 November 1918
Dr. Michael Hainisch/
Dr. Ignaz Ritter von Menningen Gruber/
Friedrich Edler von Dasatiel-Schmid
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Austrian 10,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-11-1918): Front Austrian 10,000 Kronen (ND[1919]/2-11-1918): Reverse P65 10,000 Kronen ND(1919)/
ovpt on
2 November 1918
Dr. Michael Hainisch/
Dr. Ignaz Ritter von Menningen Gruber/
Friedrich Edler von Dasatiel-Schmid
AU+ €80.00

Austrian Government
1922 First Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 1 Krone (2-1-1922): Front Uniface P73 1 Krone 2 January 1922 Czerweny/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 2 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Uniface P74 2 Kronen 2 January 1922 Berliner/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 10 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Austrian 10 Kronen (2-1-1922): Reverse P75 10 Kronen 2 January 1922 Eduard Medinger/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 20 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Austrian 20 Kronen (2-1-1922): Reverse P76 20 Kronen 2 January 1922 R. Faber/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 100 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Austrian 100 Kronen (2-1-1922): Reverse P77 100 Kronen 2 January 1922 Dr. Eduard Coumont/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 100 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Austrian 100 Kronen (2-1-1922): Reverse P77 100 Kronen 2 January 1922 Dr. Eduard Coumont/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 1,000 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Austrian 1,000 Kronen (2-1-1922): Reverse P78 1,000 Kronen
(Replacement)
2 January 1922 Emil Kraft/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Austrian 1,000 Kronen (2-1-1922): Front Austrian 1,000 Kronen (2-1-1922): Reverse P78 1,000 Kronen
(Replacement)
2 January 1922 Emil Kraft/
Dr. Alexander Freiherr von Spitzmüller/
Max von Rapp
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Currency Reform of December 20, 1924
Schilling Based System:
1 Schilling = 10,000 Kronen

1924 Provisional Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 1 Schilling (2-1-1924): Front Austrian 1 Schilling (2-1-1924): Reverse P87 1 Schilling
(II Auflage)
2 January 1924 Ing. J. Neubauer/
Richard Reisch/
Dr. Viktor Brauneis
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Allied Occupation - WWII

Currency Reform of 1944
Allied Military Schilling System:
1 Allied Military Schilling = 1 Reichsmark

Allierte Militärbehörde
Allied Military Authority
1944 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 50 Groschen (1944): Front Austrian 50 Groschen (1944): Reverse P102b 50 Groschen 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 1 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 1 Schilling (1944): Reverse P103a 1 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 1 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 1 Schilling (1944): Reverse P103b 1 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 2 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 2 Schilling (1944): Reverse P104b 2 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 5 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 5 Schilling (1944): Reverse P105 5 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 10 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 10 Schilling (1944): Reverse P106 10 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 20 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 20 Schilling (1944): Reverse P107 20 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 50 Schilling (1944): Front Austrian 50 Schilling (1944): Reverse P109 50 Schilling 1944 UNC Archive Photo Icon

Republic - Post WWII

Currency Redenomination of November 30, 1945
Schilling System:
1 Schilling = 1 Allied Military Schilling

Oesterreichische National Bank
Austrian National Bank

1945 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 10 Schilling (29-5-1945): Front Austrian 10 Schilling (29-5-1945): Reverse P114a 10 Schilling
(w/ 5 Digits S/N)
29 May 1945 Eugen Kaniak/
Dr. Thausching/
Dr. Franz Bartsch
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Currency Reform of November 1947
New Schilling System:
1 New Schilling = 1 Schilling (below 150 Schilling)
1 New Schilling = 3 Schilling (above 150 Schilling)

1949-54 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 10 Schilling (2-1-1950): Front Austrian 10 Schilling (2-1-1950): Reverse P128 10 Schilling
(II Auflage)
[Rare]
2 January 1950 Alexander Korp/
Dr. Hans Rizzi/
Dr. Franz Bartsch
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Austrian 20 Schilling (2-1-1950): Front Austrian 20 Schilling (2-1-1950): Reverse P129a 20 Schilling
(Correct)
[Rare]
2 January 1950 August Kraft/
Dr. Hans Rizzi/
Dr. Franz Bartsch
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1956-65 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 500 Schilling (1-7-1965): Front Austrian 500 Schilling (1-7-1965): Reverse P139a 500 Schilling
[Series D-B]
1 July 1965 Alois Piperger/
Dr. Reinhard Kamitz/
Dr. Ludwig Seiberl
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Austrian 500 Schilling (1-7-1965): Front Austrian 500 Schilling (1-7-1965): Reverse P139a 500 Schilling
[Series E-H]
1 July 1965 Alois Piperger/
Dr. Reinhard Kamitz/
Dr. Ludwig Seiberl
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1966-70 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 20 Schilling (2-7-1967): Front Austrian 20 Schilling (2-7-1967): Reverse P142 20 Schilling 2 July 1967 Rudolf Poeschl/
Dr. Reinhard Kamitz/
Dr. Ludwig Seiberl
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Austrian 50 Schilling (2-1-1970): Front Austrian 50 Schilling (2-1-1970): Reverse P143a 50 Schilling 2 January 1970 Dipl.-Ing. Raimund Gebhard/
Dr. Wolfgang Schmitz/
Dr. Hans Kloss
UNC- €30.00
Austrian 50 Schilling (2-1-1970): Front Austrian 50 Schilling (2-1-1970): Reverse P144 50 Schilling
(II Auflage)
2 January 1970 Dipl.-Ing. Raimund Gebhard/
Dr. Wolfgang Schmitz/
Dr. Hans Kloss
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Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1969): Front Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1969): Reverse P145a 100 Schilling 2 January 1969 Erich Miksch/
Dr. Wolfgang Schmitz/
Dr. Ludwig Seiberl
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Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1969): Front Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1969): Reverse P146 100 Schilling
(II Auflage)
2 January 1969 Erich Miksch/
Dr. Wolfgang Schmitz/
Dr. Ludwig Seiberl
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1983-88 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 20 Schilling (1-10-1986): Front Austrian 20 Schilling (1-10-1986): Reverse P148 20 Schilling
[Series U-D]
1 October 1986 Dr. Kaditz/
Dr. Stefan Koren/
Dr. Heinz Kienzl
UNC €10.00
Austrian 50 Schilling (2-1-1986): Front Austrian 50 Schilling (2-1-1986): Reverse P149 50 Schilling
[Series J-I]
2 January 1986 Dr. Erich Göttlicher/
Dr. Stefan Koren/
Dr. Heinz Kienzl
UNC €25.00
Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1984): Front Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1984): Reverse P150 100 Schilling
[Series Z-H]
2 January 1984 Dr. Hellmuth Klaus/
Dr. Stefan Koren/
Dr. Heinz Kienzl
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Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1984): Front Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1984): Reverse P150 100 Schilling
[Series A-U]
2 January 1984 Dr. Hellmuth Klaus/
Dr. Stefan Koren/
Dr. Heinz Kienzl
XF/AU €30.00
Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1984): Front Austrian 100 Schilling (2-1-1984): Reverse P150 100 Schilling
[Series L-C]
2 January 1984 Dr. Hellmuth Klaus/
Dr. Stefan Koren/
Dr. Heinz Kienzl
XF+ Archive Photo Icon
Austrian 5,000 Schilling (4-1-1988): Front Austrian 5,000 Schilling (4-1-1988): Reverse P153 5,000 Schilling
[Series C-F]
4 January 1988 Dr. Stefan Koren/
Dr. Heinz Kienzl/
Dr. Koller
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1997 Issue

Front Reverse Code Denomination Date Signature Condition Price Cart
Austrian 500 Schilling (1-1-1997): Front Austrian 500 Schilling (1-1-1997): Reverse P154 500 Schilling
[Series AA-U]
1 January 1997 Dr. Klaus Liebscher/
Dr. Tiefenthal - Laumsky/
Adolf Wala
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Austrian 1000 Schilling (1-1-1997): Front Austrian 1,000 Schilling (1-1-1997): Reverse P155 1,000 Schilling
[Series AG-M]
1 January 1997 Dr. Klaus Liebscher/
Adolf Wala/
Dr. Tiefenthal - Laumsky
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