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50 Heller
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. Donau (Market Town of Spitz on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Wachauer Notgeld Weißenkirchen i. d. Wachau. Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. D. Giltig bis 30. September 1920. 50 Heller |
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| Reverse lettering | Wachauer Notgeld. Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. D. 50 Heller 1. Ausgabe. 3. Auflage. Diese Gutscheine sind unverzinslich. Die Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. Donau haftet mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein bis 30. September 1920 in Zahlung zu nehmen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 30. September 1920 gegen persönliche Vorweisung an der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Vizebürgermeister: Bürgermeister: 1. geschäftsf. G.-Rat: |
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Spitz an der Donau is a small wine-producing market town in the Wachau valley, and its 1920 Heller notgeld was issued — like hundreds of similar municipal scrip pieces across Austria — because of a catastrophic small-coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system after 1918. The new Republic had not yet stabilized coin production, leaving towns to bridge the gap themselves.
Austrian Wachau notgeld from this period is among the most locally specific in the German-language world, often designed by regional artists with direct reference to the issuing town. Whether that applies here is not documented in standard references.