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1 Gulden

Issuer K.K. Reichs-Central-Cassa
Year 1882
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Central vignette of a laureate portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I facing right, set within a circular medallion framed by a wreath, mounted on an entablature supported by two Corinthian pilasters. Below, the numeral value appears within an ornate square frame surmounted by a rounded pediment flanked by two outward-facing lions. All text inscriptions are in German, with the note printed in a highly detailed intaglio style.
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Reverse lettering 1 1 1 1 EGY FORINT Ezen államjegy az osztrák-magyar monarchia közös függő adósságának részét képezvén, minden állampénztár és hivatal által mind azon fizetéseknél, melyek nem érezpénzben teljesitendők, osztrák értékü egy forintban elfogadtatik és kiadatik. Bécsben 1882 januar 1 1 FORINT 1 EGY FORINT AZ ÁLLAMJEGYEK KIADÁSA AZ ÁLLAMADÓSSÁGOT ELLENŐRZŐ MINDKÉT BIZOTTSÁG FELÜGYELETE ALATT ÁLL AZ ÁLLAMJEGYEK UTÁNZÁSA A TÖRVÉNYSZABTA BÜNTETÉS ALÁ ESIK
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The K.K. Reichs-Central-Cassa was the imperial treasury office, not a central bank in any modern sense — these Gulden notes functioned as state treasury certificates rather than bank-issued currency, a distinction that mattered in Vienna's fractured post-1866 monetary politics. Ferdinand Schirnböck was among the finest intaglio engravers working in Austria at the time, and his hand is evident in the precision of this issue. Josef von Storck, better known as an applied arts reformer and director of the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, brought an unusual design sensibility to the series.

The 1882 date places this note in the final years of the Gulden's life — the Austro-Hungarian Krone reform was already in discussion, officially enacted in 1892.

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