Austria 1800 - Wiener Stadt Banco 5 Gulden Issued Note (Pick A33)
Surviving examples of the 5 Gulden are notably scarcer than lower denominations. Notes of this value were more frequently accumulated, redeemed, or withdrawn during successive monetary reforms and episodes of depreciation that characterized the Banco-Zettel era. As a result, the 5 Gulden stands as an important documentary witness to the practical operation, administrative logic, and eventual contraction of Austria’s earliest paper-money system at the turn of the nineteenth century. Read more →