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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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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Violet letterpress notgeld on cream paper, with the denomination '50 Heller' in large Gothic script at upper left and '50 h.' on a scroll at lower left. An oval vignette at centre-right presents a detailed view of the Hofkirchen parish church with its tower, inscribed 'HOFKIRCHEN' above. The body carries the municipal guarantee text in Fraktur script, with manuscript signatures of the Bürgermeister and two additional officials below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Die Gemeinde des Marktes HOFKIRCHEN i. Mk. haftet für die Verbindlichkeit Einlösung 50 h. Bürgermeister |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type was produced in enormous variety between 1919 and 1922, filling the acute small-denomination coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis, a small market town in Upper Austria, issued these emergency notes through the municipality itself — a common arrangement, since provincial banks were in no position to distribute coin to every village.
The "c" suffix in the Jaksch reference indicates a distinct type within the Hofkirchen series, suggesting at least three recognized variants from this single community.