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50 Heller Imst
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Imst (Town of Imst) |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1921 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in pale brown on cream paper without an underprint, the reverse repeats the obverse layout in a lighter, monochrome impression. The central ruled cartouche again contains the Vogelhändler vignette, flanked by '50 HELLER' denomination panels at left and right and the two coats of arms in the lower corners. The redemption text and Bürgermeister signature line appear below the vignette in the same letterpress composition as the obverse. |
| Reverse lettering | STADTGEMEINDE IMST HELLER 50 HELLER VOGEL- VON HÄNDLER IMST KASSENSCHEIN ÜBER FÜNFZIG HELLER DER BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1921 VON DER STADTGEMEINDE IMST EINGELÖST WIRD. NACHAHMUNG WIRD VERFOLGT. BÜRGERMEISTER |
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Imst is a market town in the Inn valley of Tyrol, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it was forced to print its own emergency small-change notes — Notgeld — during and after the First World War, when metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The Deutsche Buchdruckerei G.m.b.H. in Innsbruck handled a significant volume of this regional Tyrolean Notgeld, acting as a convenient local printer for surrounding towns that needed issues quickly and cheaply.
The Jaksch/Pick JPR0405d-50 designation places this within a documented series for Imst, suggesting multiple denominations were issued under the same authorization. Heller-denominated Notgeld of this type was typically redeemable only locally and for a fixed period — redemption compliance varied considerably.