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60 Gulden
| Issuer | k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided note on plain paper with ornate floral-scroll border. Central heading reads 'Cassa-Anweisung' in Gothic script flanked by an oval guilloche panel bearing the denomination '60'. Below, a lengthy German text body states the legal tender obligation, dated 'Wien am 1. März 1849', with two manuscript signatures at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | No 1274 Serie A. Cassa-Anweisung. 60 Sechzig Gulden Conventions-Münze. Die k. k. Staats-Central-Cassa und alle fürstlichen Cassen nehmen bei allen Zahlungen die gegenwärtige Cassa-Anweisung mit Sechzig Gulden Conventions-Münze... Wien am 1. März 1849. Von der k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa. |
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The 60 Gulden denomination is a peculiar one by any standard — not a round number, not a conventional unit. It was issued as part of Austria's emergency financial response to the revolutions of 1848, when the Habsburg state was simultaneously fighting insurgencies in Hungary, Italy, and Bohemia while hemorrhaging silver from the treasury. Paper money flooded the market out of sheer necessity.
The k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa series of 1849 is among the more obscure Austrian emission runs, with the 60 Gulden sitting at an awkward value that likely reflects a specific debt-redemption calculation rather than commercial logic. Survivors in any condition are uncommon.