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50 Heller Böheimkirchen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Böheimkirchen (Municipality of Böheimkirchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue on cream paper, the note carries the denomination numeral '50' in bold within ornate cartouches at both left and right margins, flanked by elaborate foliate scroll vignettes. The central field presents a letterpress view of the Böheimkirchen church with its distinctive steeple set against a hillside, surrounded by a checkered underprint border. Below the central vignette, a three-line guarantee text and the issue date '20.V.1920' appear, followed by three manuscript signature lines for the Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and Gemeinderat. |
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| Reverse description | The plain cream reverse carries an unadorned typeset text block in German explaining the purpose of the issue as emergency small-change currency (Notgeld), stating the municipality's liability and the redemption deadline of 30 November 1920. A warning against counterfeiting and the authorizing municipal council resolution date of 5 May 1920 are also stated. The printer's imprint 'BOMMER, ST. PÖLTEN' appears at the foot of the note. |
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One of thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues produced by municipalities, parishes, and local businesses during the severe coin shortage that followed the First World War. Böheimkirchen, a small market town in Lower Austria west of St. Pölten, authorized this 50 Heller note under the emergency currency provisions that effectively allowed any issuing body to produce low-denomination scrip for purely local use. Bommer, a regional St. Pölten printer, handled much of the surrounding district's Notgeld production during this period, which is why so many Lower Austrian small-town issues share recognizable typographic conventions.