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50 Heller Frankenburg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Frankenburg (Municipality of Frankenburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Jos. Feichtingers Erben, Linz |
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| Obverse description | Olive-toned letterpress note with a decorative leaf-and-rope border enclosing a central circular vignette illustrating the historical Frankenburg Würfelspiel (dice game) of 15 May 1625, showing assembled soldiers, townspeople, and a central tree in a detailed scenic composition. The denomination '50' appears in the upper corners alongside dice motifs, with the year '1920' flanking the lower portion of the vignette, and a three-line redemption text below in German script. The designer's name 'Roschauer' and printer imprint 'Jos. Feichtingers Erben, Linz' appear at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig 50 Heller Gut-Schein der Gemeinde Frankenburg Die Gemeinde Frankenburg haftet diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen & hat hiefür eine eigene Deckungsanlage bestellt. Der Bürgermeister: Gemeindeausschußsitzungsbeschluß vom 29. Februar 1920. |
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Frankenburg am Hausruck, a market town in Upper Austria, was among hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left a chronic shortage of small-denomination coins. This 50 Heller note is part of that wave, issued by the local council in 1920 when the new Austrian Republic had not yet stabilized its coinage supply.
Jos. Feichtingers Erben was a well-established Linz printing house responsible for a significant share of Upper Austrian municipal Notgeld, which lends the series a consistency of physical quality unusual for emergency issues. The designer credit to Roschauer — almost certainly a local or regional commercial artist — is noted in Jaksch's reference but otherwise poorly documented.