50 Heller Kirchheim

Austrian Notgeld issued by the municipality of Kirchheim during the severe coin shortage that paralyzed small transactions across the former Habsburg lands after World War One. With metal coinage hoarded or simply absent, hundreds of Austrian villages — Kirchheim among them — printed their own fractional emergency money under authority granted to local councils. The 50 Heller denomination was among the most practical for day-to-day retail use, which means circulation wear is common on surviving examples.

Burgstaller's signature as issuing official places accountability at the municipal level — a bureaucratic necessity that also helps date and authenticate these hyper-local issues.