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50 Heller Aschach a. d. Donau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Aschach an der Donau (Market Municipality of Aschach on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in pale rose-red tones with a delicate foliate scroll border framing the entire note. The heading 'Gutschein der M.-G. Aschach' is set in Fraktur at the top, followed by 'über 50 Heller' in a larger point size. Below, a block of justified Fraktur text sets out the legal obligation of the Marktgemeinde Aschach a. D. to redeem the voucher and stipulates a four-week redemption window following public notice at the Gemeindekasse Aschach. Three manuscript signatures appear beneath the headings 'Der Bürgermeister' and 'Die Vizebürgermeister', with a small printer's or designer's monogram at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der M.-G. Aschach über 50 Heller Die Marktgemeinde Aschach a. D. haftet für diesen Schein durch eine eigene Deckungsrücklage. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb vier Wochen nach erfolgter öffentl. Aufforderung bei der Gemeindekasse Aschach eingelöst wird. Der Bürgermeister: Die Vizebürgermeister: |
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Aschach an der Donau is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Austrian Notgeld wave that swept through municipalities between roughly 1919 and 1922 — a direct consequence of the postwar coin shortage that left ordinary commerce without small change. The central government in Vienna was in no position to remedy this quickly, so thousands of local authorities printed their own.
The Marktgemeinde series from Aschach is among the more modest provincial issues — no elaborate collector editions, no deliberate series sets marketed to philatelists, which became common practice elsewhere and muddied the line between emergency currency and souvenir printing.