Catalog
5 Gulden
| Issuer | Pr. vereinigte Einlösungs- und Tilgungs-Deputation |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A51 |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Guld: Öt forint. Anticipations-Schein von Fünf Gulden Welcher in allen Kontributions- Kameral- und Banks-, dann in allen landesfürstlichen Kassen der kaif: österreichisch- und k. ungarisch- böhmisch- galizischen Erblanden so wie in allen Zahlungen für bares Geld, das ist für Fünf Gulden Conventions-Münze angenommen und zufolge Allerhöchsten Patents ddo. 16. April 1813. mittelst der Grundsteuer getilgt wird. Pr. vereinigte Einlösungs- und Tilgungs-Deputation. Pèt zlatých. Pięć Ryńskich. FÜNF FÜNFE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-grey ink and mirrors the typographic and ornamental layout of the obverse in a show-through impression, with the full border of guilloche rosette panels and the central text legible in reverse reading. Four circular watermark seal impressions are visible in the corners of the central field, each bearing an imperial coat-of-arms vignette, and the watermark text "Einl. Schein von 5 Guld" is discernible within the paper. The note is otherwise unprinted on this side beyond the reflected letterpress design, confirming its single-sided production technique. |
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The Privilegirte vereinigte Einlösungs- und Tilgungs-Deputation was created by imperial decree in 1811 specifically to manage the catastrophic fallout from Austria's Bankozettel inflation — by that point the currency had lost roughly 80% of its face value, and the state had formally acknowledged the devaluation through the Finanzpatent of February that year. This body's notes, the Einlösungsscheine, were issued at a 1:5 ratio against the old Bankozettel, an exchange that wiped out enormous amounts of private wealth overnight.
By 1813, Austria was deep in the Wars of the Sixth Coalition, and fiscal pressure was unrelenting. Even the replacement currency was depreciating before the ink had dried.