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50 Heller Haag
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Haag (Market Municipality of Haag) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | MARKTGEMEINDE HAAG 50 HELLER Gutschein über Fünfzig Heller DIE MARKTGEMEINDE HAAG HAFTET FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT. DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DIESE SCHEINE HABEN BIS 31.DEZ.1920 GILTIGKEIT UND WERDEN IN DIESEM MONATE IM GEMEINDEAMT IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELD EINGELÖST. ST. MICHAEL 1920 BUCHDRUCKEREI EDM. HUBER HAAG. |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a large panoramic vignette of the town of Haag, N.Oest., rendered in detailed monochrome engraving-style line art, with the Gothic twin-spired parish church rising above the townscape amid trees and rural buildings. A decorative ribbon banner in the upper portion carries the inscription 'Haag, N.Oest.' in script lettering. Denomination numerals '50' appear in ornate cartouches on both the left and right vertical borders, which are further embellished with foliate scroll ornaments and small decorative panels at the corners. |
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A product of the notgeld wave that swept rural Austria after the First World War, when coin shortages forced even small market towns to print their own emergency pfennig-denomination scrip. Haag — a modest Lower Austrian town — contracted its own local printer, Buchdruckerei Edm. Huber, for the job rather than using one of the larger Vienna-based firms that supplied many neighboring municipalities. This kept production costs down but results in comparatively rougher printing quality across the Haag series.
The Jaksc/Pick suffix "IVc" indicates this is one of several distinct varieties within the 50 Heller denomination, distinguished by minor typographic or color differences that collectors frequently conflate.