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10 Gulden
| Issuer | k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa |
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| Year | 1849 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note with a central bold Gothic-script denomination 'Zehn Gulden Conv. Münze.' A small circular medallion at top centre bears the numeral '10', flanked by 'Cassa-' and '-Anweisung'. Serial number and 'Serie A.' appear at top; a block of printed German text fills the centre above the date 'Wien am 1. Juli 1849.' and issuer line, with two manuscript signatures at foot. Ornamental border frames the entire note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nº 127499 Serie A. Cassa - Anweisung Zehn Gulden Conv. Münze. Die k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa und alle öffentlichen Cassen nehmen bei allen Zahlungen die gegenwärtige Cassa-Anweisung mit Zehn Gulden Conv. Münze sammt den auf der Rückseite ausgedrückten Zinsenbeträge statt Barem an. Nach dem 30. Junius 1850 werden die Zinsen unter gleichzeitiger Hinausgabe einer neuen Cassa-Anweisung über den Kapitalbetrag, von der Staats-Central-Cassa und den Provincial-Einnahms-Cassen bar berichtigt. Wien am 1. Juli 1849. Von der k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa. |
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The k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa was not a bank in any conventional sense — it was the Austrian imperial treasury's direct instrument for financing the 1848–49 revolutionary crisis. When the Habsburg government faced simultaneous uprisings in Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Milan, the Nationalbank refused to extend further credit, forcing the treasury to issue its own paper. These Staatsnoten were the result: an emergency state currency bypassing the chartered banking system entirely.
The 1849 series circulated alongside — and in direct competition with — Nationalbank notes, creating persistent public confusion about their relative standing. Acceptance was compulsory by decree, but the market discounted them anyway.