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| Issuer | Gemeinde Rabenstein (Municipality of Rabenstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 95 × 63 mm |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse printed in the same dark reddish-brown ink, entirely enclosed within a decorative floral and foliate border. The text, set in Fraktur script, sets out the legal basis and redemption conditions of the notgeld, noting the municipality's liability and the redemption deadline of 30 November 1920. The edition designation '3. Ausgabe!' appears in the upper right corner, and the printer's imprint 'SOMMER, ST. PÖLTEN' is placed at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 3. Ausgabe! Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Rabenstein, N.-Ö., Gutscheine aus. Die Gemeinde Rabenstein haftet für dieses Notgeld und löst selbes nur bis 30. November 1920 in gesetzlichem Gelde ein. Jede Nachahmung wird bestraft. Gemeinderatsbeschluß vom 19. April 1920. SOMMER, ST. PÖLTEN (Translation: 3rd Issue! / To alleviate the small change shortage, the Municipality of Rabenstein, Lower Austria, issues vouchers. / The Municipality of Rabenstein guarantees this notgeld and redeems it only until 30 November 1920 in legal tender. / Any counterfeiting will be punished. / Municipal council resolution of 19 April 1920. / SOMMER, ST. PÖLTEN) |
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A Notgeld issue from the Lower Austrian municipality of Rabenstein, printed during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's post-war economic collapse. The Habsburg copper-nickel issues had largely vanished from circulation by 1919 — hoarded, melted, or simply withdrawn — and thousands of small Austrian communes were left to paper over the gap themselves. Rabenstein was one of hundreds that commissioned local printers to produce emergency small-denomination notes in 1920.
Sommer of St. Pölten handled a substantial volume of regional Notgeld work during this period. M. Moser's design credit is relatively uncommon for a municipal issue of this size.