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50 Heller Ansfelden
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ansfelden (Commune of Ansfelden) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 90 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark green letterpress print on beige paper, with an elaborate decorative border of scrollwork and ornamental corner pieces bearing the denomination numeral 50. At centre, an oval portrait vignette of composer Anton Bruckner in left-facing profile, set within a baroque cartouche flanked by laurel branches; to the left, a vignette of organ pipes with trumpet, and to the right, a lyre with open sheet music. A ribbon scroll below the portrait bears the inscription 'Dr. A. Bruckner' with the dates '1824–1896' to the right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain beige paper with a simple rectilinear border frame; vertical side panels carry repeated denomination numerals '50' separated by dots. The word 'FÜNFZIG' appears at the top within a ruled panel flanked by small circular ornaments, and 'HELLER' in a matching panel at the base. The central text field carries the redemption guarantee text in a Gothic-influenced typeface, dated 'Ansfelden, 6. Mai 1920', with the title 'Der Bürgermeister:' followed by a manuscript facsimile signature, and a small printer's mark 'PL AB' in the lower left corner. |
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Ansfelden's Heller notgeld emerged from the acute small-change shortage that paralyzed Austrian commerce in the immediate postwar years, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipal authorities scrambling to cover denominations the central government could no longer reliably supply. Thousands of Austrian communes issued their own emergency paper between 1919 and 1921, and Ansfelden — a modest farming settlement south of Linz — was among them.
The JPR0045a designation places this within the Jaksch catalog of Upper Austrian Gemeindenotgeld. Beige paper stock was typical of locally sourced materials in that region during this period.