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50 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bruck im Pinzgau (Municipality of Bruck im Pinzgau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress on cream paper within a dotted rectangular border with floral corner ornaments. The word 'Notgeld' is set in large blackletter type across the upper portion, separated by a horizontal rule from the denomination line, which reads 'Heller 50 Heller' flanking the large numeral. The issuer name 'Gemeinde Bruck i. P.' appears in blackletter script at the foot of the design. A ghost underprint of the reverse text is faintly visible through the paper. |
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| Signature(s) | Anton Posch |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this period was issued under a 1918 emergency ordinance that permitted local governments to fill the severe coin shortage left by wartime hoarding and the collapse of imperial supply chains. Bruck im Pinzgau — a small market town in Salzburg province — was among hundreds of communes that printed their own fractional currency between 1919 and 1921. The 50 Heller denomination was the workhorse of daily small transactions: bread, postage, tram fares.
The Jaksc suffix "IIb" indicates a recognized variety within the series, likely a paper stock or color variant rather than a reprinting — Jaksc catalog distinctions at this level are typically based on physical stock differences documented in surviving municipal archives.