5 Gulden

5 Gulden - obverse5 Gulden - reverse

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Features

Issuer Austrian Empire
Issuing bank Wiener Stadtbanco (Viennese City Bank)
Emperor Francis II (1792-1806)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1796
Value 5 Gulden
Currency Gulden (1754-1857)
Composition Paper
Size 178 × 85 mm
Shape Rectangular (hand cut)
Demonetized December 1800
Number
N#
308444
References KK# 33/23,
Johann Kodnar, Norbert Künstner; 2018. Katalog der österreichischen Banknoten ab 1759. Wien Eigenverlag Johann Kodnar und Norbert Künstner, Vienna.
Pick Au# 22,
Albert Pick, Rudolf Richter; 2010. Papiergeld-Spezialkatalog Österreich 1759-2010 : und folgende Nebengebiete: ungarische Reichshälfte, Ungarn, Lombardisch-Venetianisches Königreich und Triest, Österr. Niederlande, Militärausgaben, Abstempelungen auf Kronennoten, Belagerungsgeld, Regionalausgaben, Länderscheine und Notgeld ca. 1800 bis 1887, papiergeldähnliche Wertpapiere, Anhang Fälschungen, Entwürfe und Proben. Frühwald , Salzburg, Austria.
P# A22,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Adamo MBK1# G23
István Adamovszky; 2009. Magyar Bankjegy Katalógus 1759-1925 (1st. Issue). adamo, Budapest.

Obverse

Two stamps on the top left and right, the coat of arms of the City of Vienna in the lower center: a light cross on a dark background.

Scripts: Latin (Fraktur blackletter), Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
5
Das iſt
Fünf
Gũlden
Wiener-Stadt
Banco-Zettel

Reverse

Blank.

Watermark

"Fünf", "FÜNF", "5", "Wiener Stadt Banco Zettel", eagle and pattern.

5 Gulden -  obverse

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Comments

In circulation: September/December 1796 - September/December 1800

The Wiener Stadt-Banco was founded in 1705. Its main tasks were to pay off national debts and raise cash for the national budget. As a result of the Seven Years' War against Prussia, plans were made to issue banknotes in 1759. The bank notes for 5, 10 and 20 guilders were never issued, but forms exist. The first banknotes were not issued until 1762. Almost only forms have survived from this edition. The following emissions from the years 1771 and 1784 are hardly available today either. The wars against the Ottoman Empire and revolutionary France put a heavy burden on the state budget. Therefore, in 1796, 1800 and 1806 more and more Banco slips were issued. The paper money in circulation finally reached a value of over 1 billion guilders in 1810. The treasury had to stop redeeming the notes for coins as early as 1797. As a result, the banco notes lost more and more of their value.

Examples of this type:
HVB Stiftung Geldscheinsammlung München #AUT-A22a

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1796-Aug-01  KK# 23a; issued note
1796-Aug-01  KK# 23s; formular

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5 GuldenPicture 1 of a sold 5 Gulden
Katz
Auction 62
Lot 2570
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2022 Undetermined VF USD 216.83
(EUR 201.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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