100 Krone banknote, 1910 (Austrian side); designed by Kolo Moser

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On the Austro-Hungarian banknotes, one side was designed for the Austrian half of the Empire and the other side for the Hungarian. On the side for use in Austria, the denomination is printed in the field on the left in the various languages and alphabets officially recognised for this half of the Empire: alongside German, these were Czech, Polish, Ruthenian, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian and Romanian.

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Geldmuseum der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank

Geldmuseum der Österreichischen Nationalbank

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Avstrija, Rakousko, Ausztria, Аустрија, ... The question of the language of the state

The variety within the Habsburg Monarchy gave outsiders the impression that Austria-Hungary was a modern Tower of Babel. The hotly discussed question of an official language of the state was complicated by the difference in the way the two halves of the Empire developed after the 1867 Compromise.