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50 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeindeausschuss Altenburg bei Perg (Municipality of Altenburg, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Altenburg b. Perg |
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| Reverse lettering | Der Gemeindeausschuß Altenburg bei Perg in Oberösterreich hat in seiner Sitzung vom 30. Mai 1920 einstimmig beschlossen, dieses Notgeld in Verkehr zu geben und löst diese Gutscheine bis 1. Jänner 1921 gegen gesetzliches Bargeld ein. Der Bürgermeister: Königshofer. Die Nachmachung dieses Gutscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. 50 50 |
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One of hundreds of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues printed in the aftermath of the First World War, when the collapse of the Habsburg economy left small communities in chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. The Gemeindeausschuss — the local municipal committee — had no formal monetary authority but issued these notes anyway, as practically every village and market town in Upper Austria did between 1919 and 1922. The legal basis was flimsy; the necessity was real.
Altenburg bei Perg is a small parish in the Perg district, and its issues attract collector interest largely for their regional scarcity rather than any printing distinction. The single Königshofer signature is typical of local administrative authorization — almost certainly the Bürgermeister or a designated council official, not a bank officer.