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50 Heller
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Werfen (Market Town of Werfen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR1173b-50 |
| Obverse description | Pink central vignette in the form of a shield-shaped cartouche set against a dark hatched background border, with the issuer name 'Marktgemeinde Werfen' at the top. The denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' is printed in large Gothic blackletter script at centre, accompanied by the redemption text stating validity until 31 December 1920. Two manuscript signatures appear below, attributed to the Gemeinderat and Bürgermeister respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | Marktgemeinde Werfen / Dieser Gutschein über / Fünfzig Heller / wird bis 31. December 1920 von der Marktgemeinde Werfen in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst / Gemeinderat / Bürgermeister |
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Werfen is a small market town in Salzburg province, and this 50 Heller note is a Notgeld — emergency small change issued by Austrian municipalities during the severe coin shortage that gripped the country after World War I. The central government could not produce enough low-denomination coinage to meet everyday demand, so thousands of towns, villages, and businesses printed their own. Werfen was one of hundreds of Salzburg communities that participated in this decentralized stopgap.
The "b" variant designation in the Jaksch reference typically indicates a color or paper difference from the primary type — worth checking against the "a" issue before cataloging.