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50 Heller Eidenberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Eidenberg (Municipality of Eidenberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Eidenberg über 50 Heller Zur Behebung der herrschenden Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Eidenberg (Oberösterreich) auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 9. Mai 1920 Gutscheine aus. Diese Gutscheine sind unverzinslich und werden in der Zeit vom 1. bis 31. Oktober 1920 von der Gemeinde Eidenberg in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. Der Bürgermeister: Franz Weixlbaumer. Nachmachung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
| Signature(s) | Franz Weixlbaumer |
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Eidenberg is a small commune in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is one of thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues produced between 1919 and 1922 to address the severe small-denomination coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Municipal and even parish-level authorities across Austria issued these emergency fractional notes with essentially no central oversight, which is why the series numbers in the Jaksch catalog run into the thousands — nearly every village with a rubber stamp and a printing contact did it.
Franz Weixlbaumer's signature as signatory reflects the note's purely local administrative authority. No Austrian national bank backing, no redemption guarantee beyond the commune itself.