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Auction: 16018 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 693

Reichshaupt- und Residenzstadt Wien, a group of 147 comprising 4% Investitions-Anlehen, Schuldverschreibung, 5000 Kronen, Wien 15. April 1902, Lit. F, pink (1); 2000 Kronen, Lit. E, orange (6); 1000 Kronen, Lit. D, purple (22); 500 Kronen, Lit. C, green (15); 400 Kronen, Lit. A, brown (59); 200 Kronen, Lit. B, grey (44); generally VF. (147 items)

Together with the loan of 1908, this Vienna investment loan of 285 million Gulden was by far the biggest communal loan of Austria before the WWI. It was issued for the construction of the Vienna tramway system, the second water-work and public buildings. Interest and redemption were paid at Berlin, Frankfurt, Paris, Lyon, Amsterdam, Brussels, Zürich, Basel, Geneva, London and New York at fixed exchange rates in local currency. Text in German and French and English at the second page. Print signature of Karl Lueger (1844-1910), Bürgermeister of Vienna between 1897-1910 and co-founder of the Christlich-Sozialen Partei (CSP). Redeemed in 1922.

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