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50 Heller Eggendorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Eggendorf (Municipality of Eggendorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on cream paper, the obverse carries a central panoramic vignette of the town of Eggendorf with a church steeple and village rooftops set against a wooded hillside and clouded sky. The denomination "50 HELLER" appears in circular cartouches at upper left and upper right, flanking the Gothic-script legend "Gutschein der Gemeinde" across the top. The lower border bears the place name "EGGENDORF" in bold serif capitals, with ornate floral and scroll flourishes framing the entire composition; the printer's imprint "L. Hanse, Linz" is visible at the lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Dagendorf gibt laut Sitzungsbeschluss vom 17. Mai 1920 Gutscheine aus im Gesamtbetrage von 30.000. Kr. Dieselben werden bis 31. December 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde bei der Gemeindekasse eingelöst. Der Bürgermeister. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine practical crisis: the postwar coin shortage was severe enough that villages across Upper and Lower Austria printed their own fractional emergency notes in 1920, often through local commercial printers with no banknote experience. L. Hanse of Linz was exactly that kind of regional jobbing printer — competent enough, but working with letterpress equipment designed for stationery and commercial work, not currency production.
Eggendorf's 50 Heller issue would have circulated purely within the municipality, redeemable locally, and almost certainly pulled from circulation and destroyed once the Austrian National Bank stabilized fractional coinage — which is why intact survivors exist mainly as collector pieces rather than worn commercial artifacts.