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50 Heller - Hall in Tirol
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Hall in Tirol |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Tan-toned note with a double-line rectangular border in red-brown. A central vignette illustrates the guild emblem of the Haller Schiffleute (Hall boatmen's guild), rendered as an ornate gondola-like river craft with decorative finials, printed in dark brown. The denomination '50' appears in large red Gothic numerals at upper left, with 'Heller' at upper right in matching style. The lower left carries a multi-line letterpress text affirming the municipality's guarantee of redemption valid until 30 November 1920, flanked at lower right by two manuscript signatures for the Bürgermeister and Stadtkämmerer. Printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK' and edition note '1. AUFLAGE' appear at the bottom corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 HALL IN T. SALZSCHIFFE IM J. 1660 Hl. WAGNER, INNSBRUCK |
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Hall in Tirol issued this 50 Heller note as part of the Notgeld wave that swept through Austrian municipalities after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left the new republic chronically short of small-denomination coinage. The town's Stadtgemeinde had the authority — and the necessity — to commission local emergency currency, which Wagner in nearby Innsbruck was well-positioned to supply quickly and cheaply.
Austrian Notgeld of this period varies enormously in print quality; Wagner's output for Tyrolean towns was generally competent but not elaborate.