Austrian Allied Military Authority Two Schilling-1944

Name/Title

Austrian Allied Military Authority Two Schilling-1944

Description

Austrian Allied Military Authority Two Schilling-1944

Context

The schilling was reintroduced after World War II on 30 November 1945 by the Allied Military, who issued paper money (dated 1944) in denominations of 50 groschen, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 schilling. The exchange rate to the reichsmark was 1:1, limited to 150 schilling per person.

Collection

Banknotes

Made/Created

Bureau

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company

Date made

1945 - 1947

Time Period

20th Century

Place of Origin

Country

Austria

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Banknote Details

Banknote Type

Issued Note

Currency

Austrian Second Schilling

Denomination

2

Issuing Authority

Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories

Production Dates

1945 - 1947

Obverse

Transcription

2 SCHILLING ALLIERTE MILITÄRBEHÖRDE ZWEI SCHILLING IN OESTERREICH AUSGEGEBEN

Translation

2 SHILLING ALLIED MILITARY AUTHORITY TWO SHILLINGS ISSUED IN AUSTRIA

Reverse

Transcription

SCHILLING 2 ZWEI SCHILLING

Translation

SHILLING 2 TWO SHILLINGS

Security Features

Type

Watermark

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Pick Number

Other Number

104

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

2-5/16 in

Length

4-1/2 in

Composition

Material

Paper