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50 Heller Kapelln
| Issuer | Hans Kaiser (merchant), Kapelln a.d. Perschling |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller H. Kaiser, Kapelln, N.-Ö. Dieser Gutschein wird im Verkehr mit meiner Kunde zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot ausgegeben. |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse, printed entirely in black letterpress in Gothic Fraktur script, with a light guilloche underprint of scrollwork cartouches. The face of the note is text-only: a header reads 'Gutschein über 50 Heller / herausgegeben von', followed by the issuer's name 'Hans Kaiser' in large display type, then the business description spread across four lines, and the place name 'Kapelln a.d. Perschling' in bold Gothic type. The printer's imprint 'Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg' appears in small type at the foot. |
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Austrian Notgeld issued by a private merchant rather than a municipal authority — Hans Kaiser of Kapelln an der Perschling signed off on this 50 Heller note during the small-change crisis that gripped Austria from around 1916 onward, when hoarding stripped coins from everyday commerce entirely. Shopkeepers, innkeepers, and traders across Lower Austria filled the vacuum themselves, often commissioning local printers to produce runs of a few hundred or few thousand pieces.
The Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg was a workhorse regional press. Straightforward job printing, no specialist security features.