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50 Heller Bruck im Pinzgau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bruck im Pinzgau (Municipality of Bruck im Pinzgau) |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0107IIc-50 |
| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed in violet-blue ink, enclosed within a dotted rectangular border with ornamental floral corner devices. The word 'Notgeld' is set in a bold Gothic blackletter typeface across the upper portion, separated from the denomination panel by a horizontal rule. The denomination '50' appears in large numeral at centre, flanked on each side by the word 'Heller' in Gothic script, with the issuing authority 'Gemeinde Bruck i. P.' inscribed below in matching blackletter. |
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| Reverse description | Cream paper reverse printed in black ink within a double dotted rectangular border. The field carries a five-line redemption text in Gothic blackletter script, stating that the Municipality of Bruck i. Pzg. will redeem this voucher in legal tender until 31 December 1920, followed by the signature line of the Bürgermeister, Anton Posch, in the same typeface. |
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Bruck im Pinzgau is a small Alpine commune in Salzburg province, and this 50 Heller note is a product of Austria's Notgeld wave — the municipal emergency currency that proliferated across the former Habsburg lands after 1918 when the new Austrian Republic faced catastrophic coin shortages. Thousands of municipalities issued their own small-denomination paper, most of it redeemable only locally and within a stated time window. Bruck's issue is signed by Bürgermeister Anton Posch, whose authority to issue scrip derived from emergency ordinances rather than any central banking framework.
The Pinzgau series is not among the more heavily documented regional issues, which makes variant tracking — the "c" suffix in the Jaksc/Pick reference indicates at least three recorded variants — genuinely useful information for completists.