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50 Heller Fuschl am See
| Issuer | Gemeinde Fuschl am See (Municipality of Fuschl am See) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the obverse is framed by a decorative floral and foliate border running continuously along all four margins, with the denomination '50 Heller' repeated in each corner within small rectangular cartouches. The central text panel, executed in period German script, carries the full issuing authority, the municipal council resolution date of 11 September 1920, the validity clause through 1 January 1922, and a liability statement pledging the municipality's assets as guarantee. Two facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and his deputy appear at the lower centre, with the printer's imprint 'Z.J. Kral' at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Fuschl a/See (Salzkammergut) Ausgegeben mit dem Gemeindeausschuss-Beschlusse vom 11. IX. 1920. gültig bis 1. Jänner 1922. Für die Einlösung des Gutscheines haftet die Gemeinde mit ihrem Aktivvermögen. Der Bürgermeister Der Bürgerm. St. v. 50 Heller |
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Fuschl am See is a small lakeside village in the Salzkammergut, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it resorted to printing its own emergency Heller notes after the First World War left the region with a chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. These Notgeld issues were a local stopgap, not a banking instrument — the municipal council authorized them, a local printer ran them off, and they circulated within the immediate community until recalled.
Z.J. Kral was a regional printer handling multiple such commissions across the area. The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0215e identifies the 50 Heller as one of several denominations in this Fuschl series.