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50 Heller Hundsberg
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Hundsberg (Municipality of Hundsberg, Upper Austria) |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN über FÜNFZIG HELLER wofür die Ortsgemeinde Hundsberg fünfzig Heller in gesetzlichem Bargelde bis 31. Dezember 1920 ersetzt. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Ortsvorsteher: ADOLF BREITSCHOPF. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain buff-tan paper surface with a visible laid texture and natural fibre inclusions consistent with the uncoated stock used for this emergency issue. No inscriptions, vignettes, or decorative elements appear. |
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Hundsberg is a small village in the Salzburg-border district of Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similar communities it issued Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. These municipal emergency notes — printed locally, redeemable only within the issuing community — were never intended for long-distance circulation and most were quickly exchanged back and destroyed once the crisis eased, which is precisely why village-level pieces at this scale survive in such low numbers.
The single signature, Adolf Breitschopf, almost certainly represents the Bürgermeister or a designated municipal treasurer at the time of issue.