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600 Gulden
| Issuer | k.k. Staats-Central-Cassa |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A100 |
| Obverse description | Typeset note with a decorative border of fine guilloche work enclosing the title 'Cassa-Anweisung' in gothic script and the denomination 'Sechshundert Gulden Conventions-Münze' below. A central oval vignette bears the numeral '600' flanked by ornamental scrollwork, with the issue date 'Wien am 1. September 1848' and two manuscript signatures at lower right. |
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| Variants | P#A100a - Issued note P#A100b - "Formulare" |
| Comments |
The 600 Gulden denomination is extraordinary by any standard — no comparable face value existed in the Habsburg note-issuing tradition before or after 1848, making this almost certainly an instrument designed for large institutional settlements rather than retail trade. The Staats-Central-Cassa was the imperial treasury's direct cashier operation, distinct from the Nationalbank, and its notes carried the full weight of state obligation rather than banking house credit.
1848 was the year of revolution across the Habsburg lands — Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Milan all in upheaval. Emergency fiscal demands on the imperial treasury that year were severe, which likely explains the unusual denomination.