The Krone or korona (Österreichisch-ungarische Krone (German) or osztrák-magyar korona Hungarian) was the official currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892 (when it replaced the Gulden/forint as part of the adoption of the gold standard) until the dissolution of the empire in 1918. The subunit was one hundredth of the main unit, and it was called Heller in the Austrian and fillér in the Hungarian part of the Empire.
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The Krone or korona (Österreichisch-ungarische Krone (German) or osztrák-magyar korona Hungarian) was the official currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892 (when it replaced the Gulden/forint as part of the adoption of the gold standard) until the dissolution of the empire in 1918. The subunit was one hundredth of the main unit, and it was called Heller in the Austrian and fillér in the Hungarian part of the Empire.
The official name of the currency was Krone (pl. Kronen) in Austria and korona in Hungary. However, currency names in other ethnic languages were also recognised and appeared on the banknotes: koruna (pl. korun) in Czech, korona (pl. koron) in Polish, корона (pl. корон) in Ukrainian, corona (pl. corone) in Italian, krona (pl. kron) in Slovenian, kruna (pl. kruna) in Croatian, круна (pl. круна) in Serbian, and coroană (pl. coroane) in Romanian. Sometimes corona (pl. coronae), its Latin name was used as well. Its counterpart in English is crown.
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