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50 Heller Hausmening
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hausmening (Municipality of Hausmening) |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on plain paper stock, the reverse is divided into three vertical registers within a simple wave-pattern border. The left and right registers each contain a bold circular denomination vignette reading '50 HELLER' within a ring of ornamental scrollwork. The central panel bears the issuing authority heading 'NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING' above an oval heraldic vignette of the municipal coat of arms, surrounded by a scrolled cartouche inscribed 'Mit Gunst von wegens handwerk'; redemption guarantee text appears flanking the coat of arms at lower left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING 50 HELLER Die Gemeinde haftet für die Verbindlichkeit. diesen Schein in gesetzlichen Bargeld einzulösen. Mit Gunst von wegens handwerk Entwurf: Hans Kozak |
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Hausmening is a small village in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is one of the thousands of municipal Notgeld issues that flooded Austria between roughly 1919 and 1922, filling the vacuum left by the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian krone system and the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. Gemeinden of almost no economic significance became de facto issuers of emergency currency, often commissioning local printers — here F. Kielar of nearby Amstetten — rather than the larger Viennese firms.
The split designer credits are worth noting: Robert Schönbrunner handled the obverse while Hans Kozak took the reverse, an unusual division of labor for a village-level note from a regional press.