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5 Gulden Siege money, Arad
| Issuer | Military Command of Arad |
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| Year | 1849 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal, Manuscript signatures |
| Protection description | A blind-embossed or typeset circular official seal at lower left; two handwritten manuscript signatures of authorising officers at centre-right. |
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Arad was one of the last Hungarian fortresses to hold out against Habsburg and Russian forces during the suppression of the 1848–49 revolution. This note was issued under siege conditions, when the garrison was cut off and conventional currency supply had collapsed entirely. The embossed seal and manuscript signatures were the only authentication available — no printing infrastructure for more sophisticated security existed inside the fortress.
Arad surrendered in August 1849. The thirteen Hungarian generals executed there shortly after became the most symbolically charged deaths of the entire revolution. These notes had been worthless for weeks before that.