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50 Heller Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis (Municipality of Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown monochrome note printed on cream paper with a decorative border of repeated geometric and foliate motifs. The main text panel at left carries a multi-line legal redemption declaration in Gothic script, dated Hofkirchen, 29. Februar 1920, signed by the Bürgermeister K. Bogg, with a warning against forgery at the foot. A vertical right panel displays the denomination numeral "50" within a framed box, above the locality inscription in Gothic lettering, separated from the main panel by a plain rule. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde 50 Hofkirchen i. Mühlkreis Oberösterr. Die Gemeinde Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis, Oberösterreich, gibt laut Beschluß vom 29. Februar 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 150.000 Kronen aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein bis auf Widerruf bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Hofkirchen, 29. Februar 1920. Der Bürgermeister: K. Bogg. Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird bestraft. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type was a direct consequence of the postwar coin shortage that left small communities without usable change. Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis, a modest Upper Austrian market town on the Bohemian border, issued these notes under the authority of Bürgermeister K. Bogg as a local emergency measure — the municipality, not any bank, stood behind the paper.
The JPR0386b designation places this within the Jaksch-Pick notgeld cataloguing system. The "b" variant distinction typically reflects a colour or printing difference from the "a" issue, though both share the same 1920 authorization.