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10 Gulden
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN GULDEN · ZEHN GULDEN · ZEHN GULDEN · ZEHN GULDEN 10 Serie Die österreichisch-ungarische Bank bezahlt sofort auf Verlangen dem Ueberbringer gegen diese Anweisung bei ihren Hauptanstalten in Wien und Budapest Zehn Gulden österr. Währung in gesetzlicher Münze. Wien, 1. Mai 1880. Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank. Generalrath. Gouverneur. Generalsekretär. ZEHN ZEHN 10 GULDEN 10 GULDEN 10 |
| Reverse description | The Hungarian-language face mirrors the obverse layout, with two intaglio-engraved neoclassical female portrait vignettes in circular frames flanking a central text cartouche set on a fine guilloche underprint. The cartouche carries the bearer promise in Hungarian, the issuer name 'Osztrák-magyar bank', the date 'Bécs, 1880. Május 1én', and three manuscript facsimile signatures beneath their Hungarian-language titles. The denomination 'TIZ FORINT' is set in bold letterpress at the top, numerals '10' repeat in the upper corners, and the ornate bank cipher medallion is repeated at the lower centre within a guilloche surround. |
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank was established by the Compromise of 1867 as a jointly administered institution of both halves of the Dual Monarchy — its notes were printed in German on one side and Hungarian on the other, a structural concession baked into every denomination. This 10 Gulden is among the earliest issues under that arrangement.
Laufberger was a prominent Viennese decorative artist closely associated with the Ringstrasse generation; his design work here reflects the historicist aesthetic fashionable in imperial Vienna during the 1870s. Sonnenleiter's engraving is the detail that rewards close examination — the intaglio work on notes of this period from the Vienna State Printing Office was among the most technically refined in Europe at the time.
The Gulden itself was discontinued in 1892 when Austria-Hungary adopted the Krone, rendering the entire series obsolete within twelve years of this note's issue.