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| Issuer | Gemeinde Garsten (Municipality of Garsten) |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on salmon-toned paper, the obverse is arranged in a decorative letterpress layout with an ornamental guilloche border divided into corner and side vignette panels. The upper field bears the issuer's title in Gothic blackletter script. The central denomination panel, set against a dark background within a dotted oval frame, carries the value legend in bold Gothic script. Flanking oval vignettes to the left and right contain symbolic tools of labour and agriculture. The lower field presents the redemption text in Gothic script, three facsimile signatures of municipal officials, and a counterfeiting warning, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Garsten. Fünfzig Heller Die Gemeinde Garsten gibt Gutscheine bis zu einem Betrage von 100.000 Kr. aus u. werden zwei Monate nach Ausgabe eingelöst. Der Bürgermeister Der Vizebürgermeister Der Vizebürgermeister Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Emil Prietzel, Steyr. 50 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on salmon-toned paper and carries a large central panoramic vignette of the town of Garsten, rendered in fine engraved style, showing the Baroque monastery church and surrounding townscape set against a wooded hillside. The scene is enclosed within a dotted rectangular border with decorative scroll ornaments at the corners and sides. The issuer's name appears in Art Nouveau-style lettering across the top, divided by a central scroll motif, while the denomination is repeated at the lower left and lower right in bold letterpress numerals and text. |
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