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50 Heller
| Issuer | Municipality of Alkoven (Federal State of Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Ornate notgeld voucher enclosed within a decorative frame, with a central portrait vignette of Emanuel Schöblsinger Tyrn, shown with weapons behind him. The upper inscription reads "Gutschein der Gemeinde Alkoven über Fünfzig Heller", with the mayor's signature line "Der Bürgermeister: J. Haselmayer" below; further legends state "Nachahmung wird gerichtlich bestraft" and "Gültig nur bis 31. Dezember 1920". The denomination "50 Heller" appears on both sides of the note, and the designer credit "Entw. K. Handler" is noted in the design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a pictorial scene referencing the Upper Austrian Peasants' Revolt of 1626, illustrating the battle in the Emlinger Forest. A caption at the lower portion of the vignette reads "Kampf im Emlinger Holz am 9. November 1626", identifying the depicted historical engagement. The denomination "50 Heller" also appears on this side. |
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Alkoven is a small market town in the Eferding district of Upper Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities between 1920 and 1922, it issued Notgeld to compensate for the chronic small-denomination coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. The 50 Heller denomination was among the most commonly issued across the Notgeld series — practically every village needed it for daily transactions that the central authorities in Vienna were incapable of servicing.
Handler's name appears on relatively few Upper Austrian municipal issues, making the attribution here mildly notable among regional Notgeld specialists.