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50 Heller Freinberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Freinberg (Municipality of Freinberg) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet-purple on cream paper, the obverse carries a decorative border of stylised foliage and pillar motifs framing the upper text and a lower landscape vignette. At the top, a Gothic-script header reads 'Not Geld' flanked by ornamental branches, below which the issuer name 'Gemeinde Freinberg' and the large numeral '50' appear with the denomination 'Heller'. A signature line for the Bürgermeister is positioned centrally, with the validity clause 'Gültig bis 31. Dezbr. 1920' at the foot above a panoramic view of the village of Freinberg with a church spire and a sunburst on the horizon. |
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| Obverse lettering | Not Geld Gemeinde · Heller · Freinberg 50 der Bürgermeister Gültig bis 31 Dezbr. 1920 |
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Freinberg is a tiny municipality in Upper Austria, near the German border at Passau. This note belongs to the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian communes from 1919 onward, when the post-war collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small communities starved of small-denomination coinage. Municipalities issued their own emergency paper rather than wait for Vienna to solve the problem.
The Jaksch/Pick JPR0211 series for Freinberg is obscure even by Notgeld standards — Freinberg's population was well under a thousand, meaning total print runs were negligible and local redemption was erratic at best.