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Vienna City Bank

ウィーン市立銀行 ／ Wiener Stadtbank　—　People & places

Issuer of the Bancozettel. An institution that stood between the state treasury and the city.

Bancozettel (1762 pattern) Bancozettel (1762 pattern)1762
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The municipal bank of Vienna. It stood between the state treasury and the city and became the issuer of Austria's first banknotes, the Bancozettel.

⚠ The fact that the issuer of the banknotes was a "city bank" rather than the "state" reveals a wariness towards paper money.