Catalog
50 Gulden
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stadt Wien / Banco Zettels Haupt-Kasse |
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| Year | 1800 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfzig Gulden Wiener Stadt Banco-Zettel welcher in allen Kontributions-, Kameral- und Banks-Kassen der hungarisch-, böhmisch- und österreichischen Erblanden in allen Zahlen für Bares Geld, das ist für Fünfzig Gulden angenommen wird. Wien den 1ten Jänner 1800 von Gmr Stadt Wien Banco Zettels Haupt Kasse |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜNFZIG GULDEN |
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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.