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50 Heller Eben
| Issuer | Gemeinde Eben am Achensee |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1 März 1921 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a panoramic vignette of the Erfurter Hütte mountain refuge set against a dramatic Alpine rock face, rendered in a detailed pen-and-ink style with colour wash. A central text cartouche states the municipality's liability guarantee valid until 1 March 1921, with the denomination value '50 h.' printed in terracotta-coloured panels at the lower left and right corners. Two manuscript signatures appear below the text, attributed to the Bürgermeister and Vizebürgermeister, with the print run designation 'AUFLAGE 2' noted at the lower left margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ERFURTER HÜTTE Die Gemeinde Eben am Achensee haftet für diesen Kassenschein bis 1. März 1921. Der Bürgermeister: Der Vizebürgermeister: 50 h. AUFLAGE 2 |
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Eben am Achensee is a small municipality on the Tyrolean shore of the Achensee, and its decision to issue emergency paper money in 1921 places this note squarely within the Austrian Notgeld phenomenon — the wave of locally produced small-denomination scrip that flooded the country between roughly 1919 and 1922 as metal coinage disappeared from circulation and central monetary supply collapsed after the dissolution of the Habsburg empire.
Wagner of Innsbruck was a regional print house responsible for a significant number of Tyrolean municipal Notgeld issues, which means this note shares its production pedigree with dozens of neighboring commune issues from the same period.