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100 Gulden
| Issuer | K.u.K. Staats-Central-Casse |
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| Year | 1850 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1816-1892) |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate letterpress and intaglio-printed note with ornate guilloche border framing a central text panel headed "Reichs-Schatzschein" and denomination "Hundert Gulden 100 Conv. Münze". Standing allegorical figures flank the side panels, while the imperial double-headed eagle appears at the top centre. The year 1850 runs vertically on both lateral margins. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in reverse orientation relative to the obverse, the back carries an interest accrual table within a decorated border of guilloche ornament and vignettes of putti and allegorical figures at lower centre. The imperial eagle appears at top centre, with the denomination "100" repeated at corners in mirror print. |
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The K.u.K. Staats-Central-Casse was the imperial state treasury of the Habsburg monarchy, not a central bank in the modern sense — these notes were direct state obligations, issued to cover fiscal shortfalls rather than through any banking mechanism. The 1850 series came during the financial strain following the revolutions of 1848–49, when the empire had spent heavily suppressing uprisings in Hungary, Italy, and Bohemia.
Cotton substrate on notes of this period is notoriously susceptible to fold fatigue along vertical crease lines, and the 1850 Gulden issues are frequently encountered with separation beginning at those points.