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50 Heller Anthering
| Issuer | Gemeinde Anthering (Municipality of Anthering) |
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| In circulation to | 31 January 1921 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet and cream on plain paper, the obverse carries the issuer's name 'Gemeinde Anthering' in large Art Nouveau lettering at upper left, with a cherub-like putto figure in the upper right corner intertwined with ornamental scrollwork and floral vine borders. A large denomination numeral '50' in stylised script occupies the lower left within a decorative cartouche, while a central oval panel bears the redemption text in German script. The imprint line along the bottom margin reads 'Entwurf: F.X. Stadler // Druck von S. u. K. Müller in Salzburg'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in violet and cream in a consistent Art Nouveau style, with 'Gemeinde Anthering' inscribed across the top margin. A central oval vignette presents a view of a local village church with a distinctive onion-domed bell tower set against a clouded sky and surrounded by trees. Flanking the central vignette are two ornamental panels each bearing the denomination numeral '50' within decorative scroll and floral borders, with the legend 'Fünfzig Heller' repeated twice along the lower margin. |
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Anthering is a small village in the Flachgau district north of Salzburg, and like hundreds of similarly modest Austrian municipalities, it issued Notgeld during the currency disruptions that followed World War One — a period when small-denomination coins vanished from circulation almost entirely due to hoarding and metal shortages. The Gemeinde had neither the resources nor the need for elaborate printing, so the commission went to S. u. K. Müller, a local Salzburg house.
F.X. Stadler's involvement as designer is a modest local detail — Müller drew on regional illustrators for much of this work. The JPR0046a classification suggests at least one variant exists within the Anthering 50 Heller series.