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500 Gulden
| Issuer | k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa |
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| Year | 1849 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note with ornate floral border. Central title reads "Cassa-Anweisung" in Gothic script above "Fünfhundert Gulden Conventions-Münze"; text body states the obligation of the k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa. Denomination numeral 500 in a decorative cartouche at centre-bottom, flanked by allegorical figures; dated Wien am 1. Jänner 1849 at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Cassa-Anweisung. Fünfhundert Gulden Conventions-Münze. Wien am 1. Jänner 1849 Von der k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa No Serie A. |
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The k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa was not a bank in any conventional sense but a treasury instrument of the Habsburg state, issuing notes directly through the imperial finance ministry rather than through the Nationalbank. The 1849 date places this note squarely in the aftermath of the 1848 revolutions — the imperial government, having weathered uprisings in Vienna, Budapest, and Prague, faced a treasury strained by military suppression campaigns across the empire.
At 500 Gulden, this was an extremely high denomination, circulating almost exclusively in large commercial and government transactions. Survival rates are poor; high-value notes of this period were typically redeemed promptly once fiscal conditions stabilized.