AUSTRIA: New Currency

It was reported from Vienna that the Austrian Government proposes to create a new currency, by which a krone will represent from 1,000 to 10,000 times the present inflated krone. The Austrian krone is worth about $14 a million.

This is purely a matter of convenience. As the London Economist pointed out, " Such a course would at least make it unnecessary to continue counting in millions."

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