Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Heller Aschach a. d. Steyr
| Issuer | Gemeinde Aschach an der Steyr (Municipality of Aschach an der Steyr) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | 30 September 1920 |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Aschach an der Steyr 50 Fünfzig Heller Nachahmung wird bestraft Gültig bis 30. Septmb. 1920 Die Gemeinde Aschach a. d. Steyr haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem gesamten Gemeinde-Vermögen. I. Gemeinderat: Georg Aichmeyr Bürgermeister: Karl Huber Vizebürgermeister: Karl Leitner Emil Prietzl Steyr |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Georg Aichmeyr (I. Gemeinderat) and Karl Huber (Bürgermeister) and Karl Leitner (Vizebürgermeister) |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
One of thousands of Austrian municipal notgeld issues that flooded the country between 1920 and 1922, this Aschach an der Steyr 50 Heller was a direct response to the chronic small-change shortage that gripped Austria in the aftermath of the First World War and the dissolution of the Habsburg monarchy. The new republican government simply could not produce coinage fast enough to meet everyday transactional needs, so municipalities were left to fill the gap themselves.
Emil Prietzl in nearby Steyr handled the printing — a local commercial job, not a specialized security press. Three signatories authenticated each note: the Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and a member of the municipal council, which was the typical accountability structure for these issues.