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50 Heller Ferschnitz
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ferschnitz (Municipality of Ferschnitz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issued in brown and blue on cream paper, with an Art Nouveau-style ornamental border of interlocking scrollwork and foliate motifs framing the entire design. A central arched vignette renders a view of the Ferschnitz parish church set amid trees and clouds, flanked on left and right by rectangular panels each bearing the large numeral '50'. The denomination 'FÜNFZIG' appears in blue letterpress at upper left and right, with validity inscription below the vignette and three manuscript signatures at foot, alongside the issuing authority text 'GEMEINDE FERSCHNITZ / NIEDER ÖSTERR.' |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in brown on plain cream paper, the reverse is enclosed within a simple Art Nouveau cartouche with scroll-corner ornaments. Flanking panels at left and right carry the numeral '50' above the word 'HELLER', while the central text block sets out the legal authorization for the issue in German. The bold legend 'FÜNFZIG HELLER' is printed in large display type at the foot, with the printer's imprint 'BUCHDRUCKEREI KIELAR AMSTETTEN' below. |
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Ferschnitz is a small Lower Austrian village — population in 1920 was well under a thousand — which makes this note one of the more obscure entries in the vast Austrian Notgeld output of the postwar years. The municipal small-change emergency coinage shortage that swept Austria between 1919 and 1922 prompted even the most minor Gemeinden to commission their own Heller notes, and Ferschnitz was no exception. Franz Klelar operated a modest printing concern in nearby Amstetten, handling several such local commissions from the surrounding Mostviertel municipalities.
Robert Leitner's involvement as designer is the one detail worth pausing on — a named designer is not guaranteed on issues this small.