Katalog
| Emittent | Gemeinde Stadt Wien / Banco Zettels Haupt-Kasse |
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| Jahr | 1800 |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Paper |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Uniface note with typeset text in blackletter script on plain paper with decorative border. The denomination "50" appears in a central cartouche flanked by oval panels reading "Fünfzig" and "Gulden". Four manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion alongside a central ornamental vignette, with the issue date "Wien den 1ten Jänner 1800" in the body text. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | P#A34a - Issued note P#A34b - "Formulare" |
| Anmerkungen |
The Wiener Stadt Banco, operating through the Banco Zettels Haupt-Kasse, issued this 50 Gulden note at a moment of severe fiscal strain — the Habsburg state had been financing near-continuous warfare since 1792, and paper money was multiplying well beyond any metallic backing. By 1800 the Banco Zettel had already lost significant credibility with the public, a slide that culminated in the Finanzpatent of 1811, which devalued all outstanding notes to one-fifth of face value.
Surviving examples from this issue are genuinely scarce. The combination of wartime economic pressure and eventual forced conversion meant most were redeemed, defaced, or simply discarded.