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50 Heller Holzhausen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Holzhausen (Municipality of Holzhausen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper within a decorative scrollwork border, the obverse carries two flanking vignettes: at left, a bearded male figure in Renaissance dress identified by inscription as Conrad Gruber of Holzhausen, and at right, the local parish church with a tall steeple set among trees. The central text panel, rendered in Gothic blackletter script, states the redemption terms and denomination, with the numeral '50' placed at each upper corner and a facsimile mayoral signature below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 fünfzig Heller 50 Die Gemeinde Holzhausen löst diesen Gutschein bis 30. September 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargeld ein. Der Bürgermeister: |
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One of hundreds of Austrian municipal emergency notes — Notgeld — issued during the postwar economic collapse when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. Holzhausen's issue belongs to the broader Gemeindegeld phenomenon of 1920–1921, when villages, towns, and even individual businesses across Austria and Germany printed their own fractional paper out of sheer necessity rather than any formal monetary authorization.
The Jaksch reference places this within the documented Austrian series, though Holzhausen issues are among the less frequently encountered village-level emissions, suggesting a modest original print run and limited geographic circulation.