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5 Gulden Siege money, Temesvár
| Issuer | Königl. Temesvarer freistädtische Kämmereramts Kasse (Royal Free City Treasury of Temesvár) |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typeset and letterpress-printed emergency treasury warrant on plain paper, enclosed within an ornamental border of scrollwork and foliate cornerpieces. The denomination "Fünf Gulden C. M." is set in large Gothic display type at the top, beneath which the word "Anweisung" (order/warrant) appears in bold. The central text body, in German, promises payment of five Gulden Conventionsmünze by the Royal Free City Treasury of Temesvár to the bearer from 1 May 1852 with a premium of 54 Kreuzer, and acknowledges the note in lieu of payment, dated Temesvár 1 May 1849; the numeral "5" appears in circular cartouches at the left and as a large roman "V" at the right margin, with four manuscript signatures of issuing officials across the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse of aged, cream-toned paper stock, showing fold lines, staining, and general wear consistent with circulation; a partial serial number is faintly visible in manuscript near the upper right corner, confirming continuity with the obverse serial numbering. |
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Temesvár was one of the last Habsburg strongholds to hold out during the 1848–49 Hungarian Revolution. The city endured a siege by Hungarian revolutionary forces lasting over a hundred days — among the longest of the entire conflict — and this note was issued by the city's own treasury to keep commerce functioning when regular currency supply was cut off. The besieged garrison and civilian population both accepted it out of sheer necessity.
The issuing authority is the royal free city treasury, not a bank or a military command, which is unusual for siege money of this period. Temesvár fell to imperial forces in August 1849 after the Hungarian revolutionary army collapsed elsewhere first.