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100 Gulden
| Issuer | Privilegirte Oesterreichische National-Bank |
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| Year | 1841 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate intaglio design with the denomination "Hundert Gulden" in ornate Gothic script at centre, flanked by two medallic "AUSTRIA" roundels at upper corners and two putti vignettes at lower corners. A frieze of classical portrait heads runs along the upper border, with a central architectural vignette and heraldic shield below the numeral 100. |
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| Variants | P#A73a - Issued note P#A73b - "Formulare" |
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The Privilegirte Oesterreichische National-Bank was operating under severe fiscal pressure throughout the 1840s, its note circulation chronically in excess of its metallic reserves — a structural weakness that would contribute to the bank's suspension of specie payments in 1848. A 100 Gulden denomination in 1841 was a substantial sum, well beyond everyday transactional use, circulating primarily among merchants and in wholesale trade.
Printed in Vienna at a time when Austrian state finance and the bank's independence were already deeply entangled, this series predates the revolutionary upheavals that forced a complete rethinking of the monarchy's monetary arrangements.