Name
The official name of the currency was Krone (pl. Kronen) in Austria and Osztrák–magyar korona in Hungary. The Latin form Corona (plural Coronae), abbreviated to Cor. on the smaller coins, was used for the coinage of the mostly German-speaking part of the empire, known as Cisleithania. 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 Slovene, kruna (pl. kruna) in Croatian, круна (pl. круна) in Serbian, and coroană (pl. coroane) in Romanian. Its counterpart in English is crown.
The symbol of the currency was its abbreviation: K. or sometimes Kr.
Read more about this topic: Austro-Hungarian Krone
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