Paper money of the

Austro-Hungarian krone The crown (german: Krone, hu, korona, it, Corona, pl, korona, sl, krona, sh, kruna, cz, koruna, sk, koruna, ro, coroană) was the official currency of Austria-Hungary from 1892 (when it replaced the florin as part of the adoption of the ...

appeared in the beginning of the 20th century - almost ten years after the coins were introduced. All banknotes were bilingual (German and Hungarian), and the value was indicated in eight other languages (Czech, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Italian, Ruthenen (Ukrainian)Ruthenen was the only official designation given to people living in the Habsburg Empire until its demise in 1918 who were later referred to as Ukrainians. and Romanian). After the dissolution of the empire banknotes were overstamped to limit their circulation according to the new borders.

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