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50 Heller Haunoldstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Haunoldstein (Municipality of Haunoldstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted Notgeld voucher with an elaborate letterpress design centred on a large oval cartouche bearing the denomination in Gothic blackletter script 'Fünfzig Heller'. The upper field carries the heading 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 50' flanked by vignettes of agricultural implements, wheat sheaves, and artisan tools rendered in fine line engraving. Below the denomination, a three-line obligation text names the Gemeinde Haunoldstein as guarantor; the lower portion bears three manuscript signatures — those of the Bürgermeister and the two Vice-Bürgermeister — flanking a central municipal seal, with validity date 'Gültig nur bis einschl. 30. Sept. 1920' at lower left and issue authority 'vom 15. Mai 1920' at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Heller 50 Heller SERIE NUMMER HAUNOLDSTEIN ENTW. VON HANS RIEGLER |
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Haunoldstein is a small municipality in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is one of thousands of Notgeld issues produced across Austria between 1919 and 1921 when small-denomination coinage effectively vanished from circulation following the economic collapse after the First World War. The printer, J. Schreier of Vienna's 7th district, handled a substantial volume of these municipal emergency issues — a practical choice for a village with no printing resources of its own.
Hans Riegler's involvement as designer is worth noting; locally commissioned artists gave many Austrian Notgeld issues a distinct regional character that sets them apart from the more generic German equivalents.