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50 Heller Euratsfeld
| Issuer | Gemeinde Euratsfeld (Municipality of Euratsfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Bicolour Notgeld voucher in brown and blue-grey, printed in a Jugendstil-influenced letterpress style, with the issuing authority inscription in bold type across the upper margin flanked by stylised floral underprint panels. A central blue-grey vignette shows a local church tower set against billowing clouds, with the denomination '50 H' repeated in large numerals within ornamental cartouches at lower left and right. Three manuscript signatures of municipal officials and the validity date 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZ. 1920' run along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE EURATSFELD FÜNFZIG 50 HELLER DIE GEMEINDE EURATS-FELD HAFTET FÜR DIE VON IHR AUSGEGEBENEN GUTSCHEINE ZU 10, 20 U. 50 HELLERN, DIESE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN. EINLÖSUNGSTERMIN EINSCHLIESSLICH 31. DEZ. 1920. SPÄTER VORGERWIESENE SCHEINE WERDEN NICHT MEHR EINGELÖST. DIE NACHAHMUNG DIESER GUTSCHEINE WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT. Druck von Franz Kielar in Amstetten |
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Euratsfeld is a small market commune in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the currency chaos following the Habsburg collapse and the near-total disappearance of small coin from circulation. Franz Kielar was a local Amstetten printer with no particular specialization in banknote work, which is exactly the point: towns like Euratsfeld were commissioning whoever was nearby and available.
The JPR0192e suffix indicates this is one of several distinct Euratsfeld issues, suggesting the municipality returned to print more than once as the shortage persisted.