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50 Heller Altenburg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altenburg bei Perg (Municipality of Altenburg bei Perg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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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 |
| Signature(s) | Königshofer |
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Altenburg bei Perg is a small Upper Austrian municipality, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued across Austria and Germany between 1918 and 1922 — a direct consequence of severe coin shortages following the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Municipalities, businesses, and institutions printed their own small-denomination emergency money simply because the central government could not supply enough coinage to keep commerce moving at the local level.
The single signature, Königshofer, almost certainly represents the Bürgermeister or a designated municipal official responsible for authorizing the issue. The JPR0026b suffix indicates this is a variant within the Altenburg series — at least one other version exists.