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50 Heller Baden
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Baden bei Wien |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note carries the title inscription 'Kassenschein der Stadt-Gemeinde Baden' in Gothic blackletter script above the denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' in large calligraphic lettering, with a three-line redemption text stating validity from 1 to 31 December 1920, below which appear three manuscript signatures for the Bürgermeister, Vicebürgermeister, and Gemeinderat, overstruck by a red decorative rosette seal. The right half is occupied by a rectangular vignette in fine letterpress engraving, signed by designer F. Markart, presenting an ornate oval cartouche with a scenic view of a Baden landmark building set within an elaborate Baroque-style surround of foliage, cornucopia, and heraldic elements surmounted by a crown. The entire note is enclosed within a decorative geometric border with interlocking corner motifs. |
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| Reverse lettering | Aus Kleingeldnot die Schwefelstadt Zu helfen Dir beschlossen hat: Freund, glaube nicht an Schwefel hier, Dies Geld ist gut, wenn auch Papier! M. SALZER IN WIEN. |
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Baden bei Wien issued this Heller notgeld during the prolonged small-coin shortage that persisted well after the First World War ended — Austria's copper and nickel coinage had been systematically melted or hoarded, and municipal authorities across the country filled the gap with locally printed emergency paper. Baden, a spa town south of Vienna long favored by the Habsburg court, was among hundreds of Gemeinden that took matters into their own hands rather than wait for Vienna to stabilize its coinage supply.
M. Salzer was a respected Viennese printing house, and the designer credit to F. Markart suggests this was a considered commission rather than a rushed stopgap.