Austro-Hungarian krone

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The Austro-Hungarian krone was the official currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, used across its diverse Central and Eastern European territories until the empire’s dissolution after World War I.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
historical currency
alsoKnownAs Austro-Hungarian crown NERFINISHED
Krone der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Bank
osztrák–magyar korona
banknoteDenominations 1 krone
10 krone
100 krone
1000 krone
20 krone
5 krone
50 krone
ceasedToBeLegalTender after 1918
coinDenominations 1 heller
1 krone
10 heller
10 krone
2 heller
2 krone
20 heller
20 krone
5 heller
5 krone
50 heller
country Austria-Hungary
denominationType banknotes
coins
endOfUseApprox 1920s
fractionalBanknotesIntroduced World War I
goldContentAtIntroduction 0.304877 g fine gold per krone
goldStandard true
historicalEra early 20th century
late 19th century
introduced 1892
ISO4217LikeCode AHK
issuingAuthority Austro-Hungarian Bank
legalTenderFrom 1892
linkedEvent World War I
dissolution of Austria-Hungary
monetaryUnion Austro-Hungarian monetary union
region Central Europe
Eastern Europe
replacedBy Austrian krone
Czechoslovak koruna
Hungarian korona
Italian lira
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes dinar
Polish marka
Romanian leu
Yugoslav krone
replacedCurrency Austro-Hungarian gulden
scriptOnNotes German
Hungarian
subunit filler
heller
subunitRatio 1 korona = 100 filler
1 krone = 100 heller
symbol K
Kr
usedIn Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
Bosnia and Herzegovina (under Austro-Hungarian administration)
Cisleithania
Galicia and Lodomeria
Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Kingdom of Hungary
Transleithania


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