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50 Gulden
| Issuer | k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa |
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| Year | 1849 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper with an ornate floral guilloche border. Central oval vignette contains the numeral '50', flanked by the text 'Cassa-Anweisung' in Gothic script. Below, the denomination 'Fünfzig Gulden Conventions-Münze' appears above a multi-line text body, with series and number designations at upper left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cassa-Anweisung Fünfzig Gulden Conventions-Münze Die k. k. Staats-Central-Cassa und alle öffentlichen Cassen nehmen bei allen Zahlungen die gegenwärtige Cassa-Anweisung mit Fünfzig Gulden Conventions-Münze sammt dem auf der Rückseite ausgedrückten Zinsenbetrage statt Baarem an. Wien am 1. Juli 1849. Von der k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa. Serie E. |
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The k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa — the Imperial-Royal State Central Treasury — issued these notes as a direct response to the financial strain of the 1848 revolutions, which had forced the Habsburg government into emergency fiscal measures across its territories. This 50 Gulden denomination was among the higher-value obligations circulating during a period when public confidence in paper instruments was genuinely fragile.
Printed in Vienna, the notes were state treasury obligations rather than bank-issued currency — a distinction that mattered legally and in terms of redemption guarantees. Forgery was a documented problem with the series.