50 Heller Götzendorf

Götzendorf an der Leitha is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal Notgeld issued after the First World War when coin shortages made small-denomination exchange nearly impossible. The Marktgemeinde — a market municipality, a specific administrative designation in Austrian law — had the legal standing to issue such emergency money, though the notes were purely local instruments, valid only within the community.

Two signatories authenticate this example: the Bürgermeister and his deputy, which was the conventional arrangement for Notgeld of this type. The Vizebürgermeister signing alongside rather than below reflects the co-authorization requirement many communes adopted to prevent unilateral overissuance.