Catalog
1000 Gulden
| Issuer | Wiener Stadt Banco (Gemeinde Stadt Wien / Banco Zettel Haupt-Kasse) |
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| Year | 1800 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | von Cmr. Stadt Wien / Banco Zettel Haupt Kasse / Das ist / Tausend / Gulden / Wiener Stadt Banco-Zettel / TAUSEND GULDEN / Nr. |
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| Variants | P#A37a - Issued note P#A37b - "Formulare" |
| Comments |
The Wiener Stadt Banco was not a commercial bank in any modern sense — it was a municipal credit institution operating under imperial supervision, established in 1706 primarily to manage Vienna's civic debt. By 1800, its paper emissions had grown well beyond what its metallic reserves could credibly support, a structural imbalance that would eventually collapse into the catastrophic devaluation of 1811, when the Austrian state effectively repudiated roughly four-fifths of all outstanding paper currency through the Finanzpatent.
A 1,000 Gulden denomination at this date would have represented an enormous sum — well beyond everyday commerce — suggesting these circulated primarily between merchants, government offices, and large creditors rather than in retail trade. Survival rate is predictably low.