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10 Kreuzer
| Issuer | k.k. Hauptmünzamt (Imperial Royal Main Mint), Vienna |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A93 |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Deset novičićah. Tiz ujkrajczár. Wird für Zehn Kreuzer Silberſcheidemünze bei allen Zahlungen an öffentliche Caſſen ſtatt Barem an- genommen. Vom k. k. Hauptmünzamte. Wien 1. November 1860. Дeсатh N. крайцapdez Dziesieć now. krajcarów. Deset n. krajcarjev. Deset n. krejcarů. Дeceтъ новчиħâ. Dieci soldi V. A. Зeчe крǒчерi ноi. Ö. 10 W. |
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| Protection description | different letters embedded in the paper substrate. |
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The k.k. Hauptmünzamt issues of 1860 occupy an awkward moment in Austrian fiscal history — the state treasury was still hemorrhaging from the 1859 war with Piedmont and France, and small-denomination paper was being pushed into circulation partly to conserve metal coinage that the public was actively hoarding. The Hauptmünzamt, better known as a coin-striking facility, took on these low-value Kassenanweisungen under emergency arrangements rather than through normal banking channels.
The watermark is the primary anti-counterfeiting measure, which proved inadequate — period forgeries of this denomination are documented, and genuine examples often show heavy handling wear consistent with intense day-to-day use among the laboring classes for whom 10 Kreuzer had real purchasing significance.