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10 Gulden
| Issuer | Privilegirte Oesterreichische National-Bank |
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| Year | 1825 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A62 |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper with a central circular guilloche underprint in pink bearing a large roman numeral X. The title "Zehn Gulden" appears in Gothic script below an oval vignette reading ZEHN 10 ZEHN at top. Denomination numerals 10 flank the central medallion, with text blocks, two manuscript signatures, series letter, and serial number at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN 10 ZEHN Zehn Gulden PRIVILEGIRTE OESTERREICHISCHE NATIONAL-BANK Die privilegirte oesterreichische National-Bank bezahlt dem Ueberbringer gegen diese Anweisung Zehn Gulden Silbermünze nach dem Conventions-Fusse. Für die privilegirte oesterreichische National-Bank. Wien den 23ten Junius 1825 Serie M. No 241031. |
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The Privilegirte Oesterreichische National-Bank was established in 1816 specifically to stabilize Austrian finances after the catastrophic Bancozettel inflation of the Napoleonic period, during which paper money had lost roughly 80% of its value through the forced currency conversion of 1811. This 10 Gulden note belongs to the bank's early redemption-era issues, when public trust in paper currency had to be rebuilt almost from nothing — the bank was legally required to maintain a specie reserve against its note circulation, a constraint that defined the conservative issuance policy of these years.
Surviving examples from the 1825 series are genuinely uncommon. Redemption and destruction rates were high, and the paper itself is prone to toning along fold lines.