← Read the currency articleAustrian schilling — postwar currency: research record
Evidence coverage: 1945–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
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Austrian schilling — postwar currency
FTM000323 · 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: 1945–2002; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Siblings
Unit and issue records 2 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Austrian schilling — 1945 banknote issueFTM000894 · C851
Austrian schilling — 1947 banknote issueFTM000895 · C851
Instruments, coinage & context
Supporting material, not parents or children.
Reforms within this currency
1947Restricted cash reformThe 1947 reform exchanged schilling notes at 3:1, except 150 per person at par. Cash reform only. No new universally rescaled account unit or blanket deposit conversion is asserted.
C851
Monetary history 6 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1999-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 EUR = 13.7603 ATS. Austria: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C662, C663, C646 2002-01-01Euro cash changeoverAustria: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
C663 1945-12-21Multiple currency unificationPostwar Austrian schillings replaced Reichsmarks at 1:1 under restricted exchange rules. One of two incoming monetary instruments; no exclusive single parent assigned.
C848 1945-12-21Multiple currency unificationAllied military schillings were also exchanged into Austrian schillings at 1:1. The military issue and Reichsmark were coexisting predecessors; per-person cash limits applied.
C849 1945Name revivalAustria restored the schilling after the Reichsmark interval.
C850 1947Restricted cash reformThe 1947 reform exchanged schilling notes at 3:1, except 150 per person at par. Cash reform only. No new universally rescaled account unit or blanket deposit conversion is asserted.
C851
Evidence & research notes 6 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C662
1 EUR = 13.7603 ATS.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 ·
Open source ↗art.1, Austria currency row; exact decimal retained
Source access and limitations
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Supported C663
Austria: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗Annex, Austria row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Supported C848
Postwar Austrian schillings replaced Reichsmarks at 1:1 under restricted exchange rules. One of two incoming monetary instruments; no exclusive single parent assigned.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · Annual Report 1998 — From the Schilling to the Euro Citation S425 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp. 16–17, schilling history and chronological table
Source access and limitations
1925 start differs from March coin/cash milestones in other issuer accounts; year-level integration avoids falsely choosing one event for all purposes.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · OeNB history Citation S424 ·
Open source ↗Common ground; breakdown of old order; new beginning; Anschluss; Reconstruction
Supported C849
Allied military schillings were also exchanged into Austrian schillings at 1:1. The military issue and Reichsmark were coexisting predecessors; per-person cash limits applied.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · Annual Report 1998 — From the Schilling to the Euro Citation S425 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp. 16–17, schilling history and chronological table
Source access and limitations
1925 start differs from March coin/cash milestones in other issuer accounts; year-level integration avoids falsely choosing one event for all purposes.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · OeNB history Citation S424 ·
Open source ↗Common ground; breakdown of old order; new beginning; Anschluss; Reconstruction
Supported C850
Austria restored the schilling after the Reichsmark interval.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · Annual Report 1998 — From the Schilling to the Euro Citation S425 ·
Open source ↗Printed pp. 16–17, schilling history and chronological table
Source access and limitations
1925 start differs from March coin/cash milestones in other issuer accounts; year-level integration avoids falsely choosing one event for all purposes.
Supported C851
The 1947 reform exchanged schilling notes at 3:1, except 150 per person at par. Cash reform only. No new universally rescaled account unit or blanket deposit conversion is asserted.
Oesterreichische Nationalbank · OeNB history Citation S424 ·
Open source ↗Common ground; breakdown of old order; new beginning; Anschluss; Reconstruction
Supported C646
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.