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OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK EUROSYSTEM GELDMUSEUM OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANK EUROSYSTEM MONEY IN AUSTRIA From Antiquity to Modern Times An Exhibition of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank’s Money Museum Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Closed Saturday to Monday, on public holidays, December 24 and December 31 Guided tours for groups: free of charge, by appointment Registration for tours: Phone: (+43-1) 404 20-9222 Fax: (43-1) 404 20-049295 e-mail: [email protected] Free admission For further information visit: www.oenb.at www.geldmuseum.at MONEY IN AUSTRIA From Antiquity to Modern Times Permanent exhibition Imprint Publisher and Editor: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Editor in chief: Günther Thonabauer, Communications Division. Printed by: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, 1090 Vienna. Photographs: OeNB. © OeNB, Vienna, 2011. GELDMUSEUM
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OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANKE U RO S Y S T EM
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OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBANKE U RO S Y S T EM
MONEY IN AUSTRIAFrom Antiquity to Modern Times
An Exhibition of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank’s Money Museum
Opening hours: Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Closed Saturday to Monday, on public holidays, December 24 and December 31
Guided tours for groups:free of charge, by appointment
Registration for tours:Phone: (+43-1) 404 20-9222Fax: (43-1) 404 20-049295e-mail: [email protected]
Free admission
For further information visit: www.oenb.at www.geldmuseum.at
MONEY INAUSTRIA From Antiquity to Modern Times
Permanent exhibitionImprint Publisher and Editor: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Editor in chief: Günther Thonabauer, Communications Division. Printed by: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, 1090 Vienna. Photographs: OeNB. © OeNB, Vienna, 2011.
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MONEY IN AUSTRIAFrom Antiquity to Modern Times
Some 2,500 years ago, the kingdom of Lydia (Asia Minor) brought about the fi rst coins, which were created out of standardized lumps of precious metals and formed the basis of a monetary system. In the area of what is today Austria, coins came into existence in the middle of the 2nd century B.C. Starting from these early Celtic coins, money in Austria evolved from the medieval pfennigs via the magnifi cent thaler coins of the Habsburg dynasty and the schilling to international currencies, such as the Maria Theresia thaler and the euro. Once Empress Maria Theresia introduced paper money some 250 years ago, banknotes became an integral part of money transactions in Austria. Banknote designs, both implemented and unimplemented, and various printing plates provide insight into the development of bankno-te production since the establishment of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in 1816. Exhibits of historical records and stocks round out the exhibition.
