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50 Heller Berndorf
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Berndorf (Municipality of Berndorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown and blue on a light guilloche underprint with a wavy-pattern border. To the left, a vignette depicts a baroque domed church (the Berndorf parish church), framed by a rectangular panel with the large numeral '50' above. The right portion carries the full text of issue in Gothic script within an arched architectural frame, with the date '1920' at the top and two manuscript signatures at the foot under the roles of Finanzreferent and Gemeinderat. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain cream paper within a simple recessed rectangular border. The entire field is occupied by a legal notice in Fraktur (Gothic blackletter) script explaining the total issue of Kassenscheine to the amount of K 120,000 by the Stadtgemeinde Berndorf, their acceptance in payment and redemption in lawful currency until 31 December 1920, followed by a counterfeiting warning. |
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Berndorf was no ordinary Austrian market town. It was essentially a company town, built and owned by the Krupp family's Austrian subsidiary, Berndorf AG, which manufactured silver-plated cutlery and metalware. The municipality's decision to issue Notgeld in 1920 reflected the acute small-change famine that plagued post-war Austria as the old imperial coinage disappeared from circulation almost overnight.
The Heller denominations from Berndorf are among the more collectible of the Austrian municipal issues, partly due to the town's unusual industrial history. JPR0083a covers the full Berndorf series; the 50 Heller is the mid-denomination of that group.