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| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wels (City of Wels, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | STADTGEMEINDE WELS, GUTSCHEIN ÜBER FÜNFZIG HELLER DIE EINLÖSUNG ERFOLGT IM MONAT JUNI 1921 BÜRGERMEISTER CARL RICHTER ORIGZCHG AUG MOSER WELS |
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| Signature(s) | Carl Richter (Bürgermeister) |
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Wels issued this Notgeld well into 1921, by which point most Austrian municipalities had already wound down their emergency currency programs. The late timing reflects how badly the post-war inflation had disrupted small-denomination coin circulation even after the immediate chaos of 1918–19 had subsided. Aug. Moser was a local printing firm that both designed and produced the note — an entirely self-contained municipal operation, unusual in that many comparable Wels-area issues went to outside specialists.
Bürgermeister Carl Richter's signature appears as the sole authorizing signatory.