50 Heller Bachmanning

Bachmanning is a small village in Upper Austria, and its decision to issue 50 Heller notgeld in 1920 reflects the acute small-change shortage that plagued Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. These municipal emergency notes were authorized under the broader notgeld framework but produced locally — quality and longevity of the paper stock varied enormously between issuing communities, and minor rural issues like this one were rarely saved in quantity.

The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0072Ia places this firmly within the documented Upper Austrian series, though surviving examples from Bachmanning are notably thin in major collections.