← Read the currency articleAustro-Hungarian krone: research record
Evidence coverage: 1892–1920. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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Austro-Hungarian krone
FTM000322 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1892–1920; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
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Modern account-unit reviewMarch25,1919 legislation converted covered crown contracts and Austrian-resident checking deposits at par into Austrian stamped-crown obligations. Explicit account distinction and resident/nonresident exceptions resolve stamping-only concern.
Sources and qualifications → Modern account-unit reviewInherited crown accounting continued within the separated SouthSlav monetary area. Exact separation day unproved; explicit account anchor13January1920.
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Monetary history 1 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1892Currency replacementThe krone replaced the gulden at two kronen per gulden. Gulden notes continued through the transition to 1900.
C844
Evidence & research notes 7 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C844
The krone replaced the gulden at two kronen per gulden. Gulden notes continued through the transition to 1900.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · Workshop 13 — Austrian currency reform in 1892 Citation S426 ·
Open source ↗Printed p. 413: two kronen per gulden; gulden notes remained legal until 1900
Source access and limitations
Indexed full paragraph inspected; PDF body fetch failed.
Relevant indexed passage inspected in revision 13; Printed p. 413: two kronen per gulden; gulden notes remained legal until 1900
Inference C845
The imperial currency area broke into successor systems, including the Austrian crown. Period-level separation; no precise stamping date or universal conversion procedure asserted.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0289. Explicit account distinction and resident/nonresident exceptions resolve stamping-only concern. Replacement evidence: C1630.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · OeNB history Citation S424 ·
Open source ↗Common ground; breakdown of old order; new beginning; Anschluss; Reconstruction
Supported C852
Czechoslovak currency separated from the Austro-Hungarian crown through the 1919 reform. Stamping occurred in March; national koruna legislation followed. No confiscated/blocked holdings treated as freely convertible cash.
Jaroslav Moravec / Czech National Bank · Sbohem padesátihaléři, sbohem dvacetikoruno! — část 1 Citation S420 ·
Open source ↗Opening historical overview of monetary units, 1892–1993
Czech National Bank · Monetary timeline Citation S421 ·
Open source ↗Monetary timeline on PDF page 2: 1919, 1939, 1945, 1953, 1993
Inference C920
Imperial crown notes continued in the kingdom’s former Habsburg territories. Local successor circulation; administrative stamping details remain to be expanded.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0344. Exact separation day unproved; explicit account anchor13January1920. Replacement evidence: C1635.
Branko Hinić, Ljiljana Đurđević and Milan Šojić / National Bank of Serbia · Serbia/Yugoslavia: from 1884 to 1940 Citation S445 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp. 295–296 and 299: monetary unification and wartime partition
Source access and limitations
PDF downloaded and passages inspected.
The post-imperial crown is scoped to local successor circulation, not every imperial crown everywhere.
Supported C1630
March25,1919 legislation converted covered crown contracts and Austrian-resident checking deposits at par into Austrian stamped-crown obligations.
Peter M. Garber and Michael G. Spencer · The Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Lessons for Currency Reform (1994), Princeton E191 Citation S768 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp9–10,14 (PDF14–15,19)
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1635
Inherited crown accounting continued within the separated SouthSlav monetary area.
Boško Mijatović · Zamena austrijskih kruna za dinare 1920.godine, Istorija20.veka1/2014 Citation S788 ·
Open source ↗pp46–48
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1702
Hungarian crown accounts separated from the Austro-Hungarian crown: pre-March8 deposits converted at par during March1920 currency separation.
Peter M. Garber and Michael G. Spencer · The Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Lessons for Currency Reform (1994), Princeton E191 Citation S768 ·
Open source ↗pp16–17
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.