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900 Gulden
| Issuer | k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Value | 900 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | Predominantly typeset note with an ornate engraved border. The denomination "900" appears in a central cartouche flanked by the title "Cassa-Anweisung" in gothic script. Below, the full denomination "Neunhundert Gulden Conventions-Münze" heads a block of authorizing text, with the date "Wien am 1. September 1848" and two manuscript signatures at lower right. |
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| Variants | P#A101a - Issued note P#A101b - "Formulare" |
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The k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa 900 Gulden of 1848 is one of the most unusual denominations in Austrian fiscal history — a figure that corresponds not to any conventional monetary tier but to a specific administrative need, almost certainly tied to the revolutionary upheavals of that year. Vienna in 1848 was a city under pressure: the March uprising, the flight of Metternich, and the eventual imperial retreat to Olmütz created acute short-term financing demands that normal channels could not meet.
At this denomination, the note functioned as a fiscal instrument rather than a circulating currency — handled by treasuries, not tradesmen.