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50 Heller Altmünster
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altmünster (Municipality of Altmünster) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print on tan paper over a fine guilloche underprint border; the upper register carries the denomination legend in decorative script reading 'Gutschein über Fünfzig Heller der Gemeinde Altmünster', while the central vignette presents a panoramic townscape of Altmünster with a prominent church steeple against an alpine mountain backdrop. To the left, an ornate scrollwork cartouche encloses the municipal name and the numeral '50', flanked by two small town coats of arms, with a text panel below attesting the municipality's guarantee of the voucher. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Fünfzig Heller der Gemeinde Altmünster Die Gemeinde Altmünster 50 haftet für diesen Gutschein mit ihrem ganzen Vermögen |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type was issued in the chaotic post-WWI period when the central government could not supply enough small-denomination coinage to meet everyday demand. Hundreds of Austrian Gemeinden printed their own heller notes between roughly 1919 and 1922, creating a fragmented local currency ecosystem that the Austrian National Bank ultimately worked to retire.
Altmünster, a small market town on the Traunsee in Upper Austria, produced several denominations. The printing was local and rudimentary — quality control was entirely a municipal affair.