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50 Heller
| Issuer | Markt-Commune St. Georgen im Attergau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in reddish-brown on cream paper, the obverse carries an ornate Fraktur-script heading reading 'Die Markt-Commune St. Georgen im Attergau' at upper right, with a large oval cartouche at left enclosing the municipal coat of arms of St. Georgen, showing Saint George slaying the dragon beneath a castle tower, framed by decorative foliate scrollwork. The body text in Gothic script records the resolution of 6 June 1920 authorising the issuance of vouchers to a total value of 25,000 Kronen, redeemable at the Marktcommune-Kasse within four weeks of announcement, with a manuscript signature of the Vorstand at lower right and an anti-counterfeiting warning along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also in reddish-brown on cream paper, presents an oval vignette at left with a finely engraved landscape view of the celebrated St. Georgener Linde, a large linden tree set against a pastoral background, labelled 'St. Georgener Linde' along the oval border. To the right, a four-line verse in Gothic script reads 'Stumm bin ich Zeuge 1200 Jahr…', beneath which the denomination inscription 'Gutschein der Markt-Commune St. Georgen im Attergau' appears in bold Fraktur lettering, flanked at lower left and right by two oval cartouches each bearing '50 Heller'. The printer's imprint 'Salzkammergut-Druckerei Gmunden' is set in small type along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | St. Georgener Linde Stumm bin ich Zeuge 1200 Jahr Von grosser Not, von bitteren Klagen Bei deutschen Volk, bei deutschen Wesen, sah ich nie zagen. Gutschein der Markt-Commune St. Georgen im Attergau. 50 Heller 50 Heller SALZKAMMERGUT-DRUCKEREI GMUNDEN |
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