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50 Heller Bergheim
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bergheim (Municipality of Bergheim, Land Salzburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the parish church of Bergheim rendered in fine letterpress, set against a clouded sky, framed by an ornate border with stylised foliate and geometric motifs. Denomination panels reading '50' appear at lower left and right, with a circular parish seal at centre bottom bearing a figural saint vignette and the legend 'BERGHEIM PAROCHIA'. Text blocks in Gothic script flanking the vignette state the municipality's guarantee and redemption conditions, with a facsimile mayoral signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE BERGHEIM DIE GEMEINDE BERGHEIM (LAND SALZBURG) HAFTET FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT DIESEN SCHEIN IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN UND HAT HIEFÜR EINE EIGENE DECKUNGS-RÜCKLAGE BESTELLT. DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BIS 31. OKT 1920 IM GEMEINDEAMTE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINGELÖST. DER BÜRGERMEISTER BERGHEIM PAROCHIA 50 h |
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One of hundreds of Austrian municipal emergency notes — Notgeld — issued in the early 1920s when the post-war collapse of the Habsburg economy left small communities without enough coinage for daily transactions. The central government was unable to supply small-denomination coin in adequate quantities, so individual communes, businesses, and savings institutions filled the gap themselves. Bergheim, a small parish just north of Salzburg city, issued this 50 Heller piece under that same pressure.
L. Pech is credited as designer — a name that appears across several Salzburg-region Notgeld issues of this period, suggesting a local commercial artist working to meet sudden regional demand.