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Austrian 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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Currency continuity

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

German mark — 1871–1948 continuityaccount unit branching · 1945-12-21
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Children / successors

Euro — converging national replacementsnational currency converges into euro · 1999-01-01
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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.

Allied military schillinginstrument family · profile context

Reforms within this currency

1947Restricted cash reform

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.

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 substitution

1 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 changeover

Austria: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.

C663
1945-12-21Multiple currency unification

Postwar 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 unification

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.

C849
1945Name revival

Austria restored the schilling after the Reichsmark interval.

C850
1947Restricted cash reform

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.

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.

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