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10 Kreuzer
| Issuer | K.K. Hauptmünzamt (Imperial Royal Main Mint) |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | An intricate ornamental border composed of gothic vegetal guilloche motifs frames the entire note, with two cherubic vignettes set within cartouches at the left and right margins. The crowned imperial double-headed eagle appears at the bottom centre within the border, flanked by the denomination numeral. The multilingual legal tender text, rendered in ten languages of the Habsburg Empire, fills the central field in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | Wird für 10 Zehn Kreuzer Silberſcheidemünze bei allen Zahlungen an öffentliche Caſſen ſtatt Barem angenommen Vom k. k. Hauptmünzamte. Wien 1. November 1860. Дeсатh N. крайцapdез Dziesieć now. krajcarów. Deset n. krajcarjev. Deset novičićah. Дeceтъ новчиħâ. Dieci soldi Val. Austr. Зeчe крǒчерi ноi. Oest. Währ. Deset n. krejcarů. Tiz újkrajczár. |
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The K.K. Hauptmünzamt — the Imperial Mint in Vienna — was not a typical note-issuing authority, and its appearance on Austrian emergency paper in 1860 reflects the fiscal strain following the Second Italian War of Independence. Austria's defeat at Solferino in June 1859 had devastated state finances, and the government turned to small-denomination paper Kreuzer notes to relieve a severe shortage of subsidiary coinage being hoarded by an anxious public.
These low-value mint-issued notes were a stopgap. Circulation was heavy and survival rates are low — the format invited rough handling.