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| Issuer | Municipalities of Bubendorf, Meilersdorf, and Wolfsbach (Federal State of Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Heller Gutschein der Gemeinden Bubendorf b. Meilersdorf u. Wolfsbach 50 Gültig bis 30. Dezemb 1920. Nachahmung wird bestraft Wolfsbach |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinden Bubendorf, Meilersdorf, Wolfsbach. 50 Heller Die Gemeinde-Vorstehungen von Bubendorf, Meilersdorf und Wolfsbach haben in gemeinsamer Sitzung am 1. April 1920 beschlossen, Notgeld zu 10, 20 u. 50 Heller herauszugeben und haften gemeinsam für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlich. Bargeld einzulösen. Die Bürgermeister der Gemeinden: Bubendorf: Meilersdorf: Wolfsbach: Meilersdorf, Herr von Wolfsbach Edle Gestreng Ritter, Herr Wolfgang von |
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This is a Notgeld issue — emergency small-change scrip produced by three Lower Austrian villages acting jointly because the postwar coin shortage made ordinary commerce nearly impossible. The arrangement was practical rather than administrative: Bubendorf, Meilersdorf, and Wolfsbach shared a single print run and split the issue, each contributing its own signatory. For rural municipalities with no printing infrastructure of their own, pooling was common.
The print figure of over 12 million pieces is high for a joint village issue, suggesting the notes circulated well beyond the three communities themselves.