440,000 shillings gone?

Struggle for grandma and grandpa’s shilling savings book

Sieglinde St. with the old shilling savings book that belonged to her grandparents(Bild: Pressefoto Scharinger)

After the death of her mother, a 52-year-old woman from the Innviertel region found a savings book with a fortune in schillings. But the bank made "spompanadeln" and didn't want to pay out the money. In fact, the savings bank would have been right to keep the assets. According to "Krone" research, however, there is a happy ending.

"The money will not be paid out" - Sieglinde St. (52) was sent home with this message from Sparkasse Braunau. A shock for the woman from Innviertel, who had discovered her grandparents' savings book in the estate of her mother, who had died the previous year. "It was in a box," reports the woman from the Innviertel region. The savings account contained 440,000 schillings - a small fortune at the time, but still just under 32,000 euros today.