Austria (1945-1949)

This serie of banknotes belings to the period after Vienna Offensive, when Austria and Vienna was divided into four occupation zones by United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France. The first Federal Chancellor was Leopold Figl and Austria had to give back to Italy South Tyrol and suffered an important crisis, reduced by Marshall Plan. There are banknotes of 5 Austrian schilling, 10 Austrian schilling, 20 Austrian schilling, 50 Austrian schilling, 100 Austrian schilling, 500 Austrian schilling and 1,000 Austrian schilling.

5 Austrian schilling (fünf Schilling)

This banknotes worth 5 schilling was first circulated in September the 4th 1945. On the main side left it can be seen an Austrian boy with a compass and a 5. In the right there's a bigger 5 and in the center of the banknote, the written value of the banknote and the name of the National Bank in German (Oesterreichische Nationalbank). The rest of the banknote is completed with decorative elements.
On the other side you can see the landscape in Erzberg mine, a large open-pit mine of iron ore near Eisenerz. Moreover there's a 5, the written value of the banknote and a text saying that counterfeiting banknotes is punished by law. This banknote has no digital watermark but a security thread. The size of this banknote is 10.4 cm x 6.7 cm.