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100 Gulden
| Issuer | Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Value | 100 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | German-language face printed in black intaglio on white paper. Central oval text panel bears the denomination 'Hundert Gulden' in large Gothic script, flanked by two allegorical figures in classical robes. Elaborate guilloche underprint surrounds the text, with numeral '100' repeated in corner medallions and small portrait cameos along the borders. |
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| Reverse description | Hungarian-language reverse, mirror composition to the obverse, printed in blue-green intaglio. The central text panel carries the denomination 'SZÁZ FORINTOT' in large letterpress type within a guilloche oval, flanked by the same two allegorical standing figures. Corner panels repeat the numeral '100', and small cameo heads punctuate the ornamental border. |
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The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank was itself a product of the 1867 Ausgleich — the constitutional compromise that split the Habsburg realm into Austrian and Hungarian halves, each demanding equal representation in the joint central bank's governance and note issuance. This 100 Gulden belongs to the bank's earliest series, issued just over a decade after that political settlement took effect. The denomination was substantial: in 1880, a skilled Viennese craftsman might earn two or three Gulden a day.
The Gulden itself was already on borrowed time. Austria-Hungary adopted the Krone system in 1892, and Gulden notes were progressively withdrawn through the 1900s.