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Remark |
It is believed that the portrait shows Princess Maria Bertha
Franciska Felicia zu Rohan.
However, it was not the intention of Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Bank to
select this portrait due to the fact it shows a representant of an
aristocratic family - and certainly not in 1922, when the First Republic was
already established. The plate for this portrait is originally from
AUSTRIA P-9, a note dating back to 1904.
In these days the identities of the persons displayed
on Austrian banknotes were kept secret. The task of the artist was just
to work out a portrait showing an "ideal child's head". He was free to
select any model which he deemed suitable.
(Information given by Rudolf Richter, Salzburg - Specialist on Austrian
paper money, July 2009) |