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50 Heller Erlauf - A. Weiner, M. Teufl, J. Fendt
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Erlauf (Market Town of Erlauf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note enclosed within a decorative scalloped and ruled border typical of Austrian Notgeld issues. The denomination '50 Heller' appears in large bold letterpress type in the left and right margins, flanking a central text block that states the issuing authority's liability and redemption guarantee, with the place and date 'Erlauf, am 1. April 1920' followed by three facsimile signatures. The heading 'Notgeld für Erlauf.' is set in prominent serif type at the top, with diamond ornaments as lateral punctuation, and an anti-counterfeiting warning appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Signature(s) | A. Weiner and M. Teufl and J. Fendt |
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Erlauf is a small market town on the Danube in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left small change effectively nonexistent. The Sommer printing house in nearby St. Pölten handled a number of these local emergency issues during this period, giving the region's Notgeld a degree of production consistency unusual among comparable village-level pieces.
Three signatories rather than the more common two suggests a full municipal council validation — mayor, deputy, and treasurer, or some equivalent local authority structure — though the precise offices held by Weiner, Teufl, and Fendt are unrecorded in standard references.