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25 Gulden
| Issuer | Oesterreichische National Zettel Bank |
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| Year | 1816 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain light ground with blackletter (Fraktur) typography throughout. The denomination numeral "25" appears in a circular vignette at upper left, with the large title "Fünf und Zwanzig Gulden" across the centre. A stamped oval cartouche at lower left reads "Fünf u. Zwanzig Gulden / Silber Münze". Serial number panel at upper right; manuscript signatures and bank title at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf und Zwanzig Gulden Die Oesterreichische National Zettel Bank bezahlt gegen volle Anweisung dem Uebringer Fünf und Zwanzig Gulden Silbermünze nach dem Conv. Fuße. Wien den 6ten Julius 1816. Für die Oester. N. Z. Bank. |
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The Oesterreichische National Zettel Bank was established in 1816 specifically to address the catastrophic inflation that followed the Banco-Zettel collapse and the state bankruptcy of 1811 — the Finanz-Patent of that year had devalued the old Wiener Stadtbankο notes to one-fifth of face value, wiping out savings across the Habsburg lands. This 25 Gulden note belongs to the bank's founding emission, issued as Austria attempted to restore any credible convertibility to its paper currency.
The denomination itself is telling. Twenty-five Gulden was a large sum for 1816, suggesting these circulated primarily in commercial rather than retail transactions.