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10 Kreuzer
| Issuer | Kaiserlich-Königliches Haupt-Münzamt (Imperial-Royal Main Mint), Vienna |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Value | 10 Kreuzers (⅙) |
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| Obverse lettering | Münzschein. K. Zehn Kreuzer. Das k. k. Haupt-Münzamt in Wien und die k. k. Provinzial-Einnahms-Cassen zahlen nach drei Monaten und vorausgegangener Kundmachung für diesen Münzschein ein Sechs-Kreuzer-Stück in Silberscheidemünze und vier Kreuzer. Derselbe wird auch bei allen Zahlungen an öffentliche Cassen, statt Barem angenommen. Wien am 1. Juli 1849. Kais. Kön. Haupt-Münzamt. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, consisting of plain paper with no text, vignettes, or ornamental elements, consistent with the single-sided letterpress production method employed for this emergency small-change Münzschein issue. |
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Austria's 1848 revolution forced the imperial treasury into emergency paper issues almost immediately — the March uprising disrupted normal credit mechanisms, and the state needed low-denomination instruments fast. This 10 Kreuzer note was part of that response, issued by the Haupt-Münzamt rather than the Nationalbank, an unusual arrangement that reflects how thoroughly the constitutional crisis had scrambled normal institutional roles.
The Haupt-Münzamt was a mint, not a bank. Having it issue circulating paper was a stopgap born of necessity, and these notes were withdrawn relatively quickly once stability returned — which partly explains their scarcity in any condition today.