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50 Heller Gutau, Hundsdorf, Erdmannsdorf
| Issuer | Municipalities of Gutau, Erdmannsdorf, and Hundsdorf |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain notgeld issue printed in dark ink on cream paper, enclosed within a double-ruled border with a decorative checkered outer frame. The issuing authority inscription occupies the upper portion in Gothic script, with the denomination rendered in large lettering across the centre incorporating a boxed numeral '50'. The lower half carries a multi-line obligation text in German script followed by three paired signature lines for the mayors (Der Bürgermeister) and deputy mayors (Der Vizebürgerm.) of the three issuing municipalities. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark ink on tan paper within a decorative border of interlocking circles, with circular denomination cartouches bearing '50' flanking the central vignette at upper left and right. The central vignette presents a woodcut-style illustration of a ruined medieval tower and castle remains surrounded by vegetation. Below the vignette, a text block in German script states the total issue value of 30,000 Kronen, the authorising resolution date, and the redemption deadline, closing with the place and year of issue. A printer's imprint 'E. Pritzel, Steyr' appears at the lower right. |
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This is a Notgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip produced during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's collapse and the restructuring of the successor states' economies. In 1920, small-denomination metal coins had largely vanished from everyday circulation, hoarded or simply not minted in sufficient quantity, and communities across the former Habsburg territories responded by printing their own fractional paper. The joint issue by three small Upper Austrian municipalities — Gutau, Erdmannsdorf, and Hundsdorf — pooling their resources for a single printing run was a common enough arrangement among rural parishes that lacked the budget or administrative weight to commission individual series.
The Jaksc reference system for Austrian Notgeld remains the specialist's tool here; Pick cross-referencing is secondary for this material.