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50 Heller Kitzbühel

Issuer Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel
Year 1920
Type Local banknote
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Protection type Official stamp
Protection description Circular municipality cancellation stamp applied to the reverse as an authenticating device.
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Austrian Notgeld from the post-WWI collapse period, when the imperial currency system had disintegrated and municipalities were left to fill the void themselves. Kitzbühel, a small Tyrolean market town, issued its own emergency scrip like hundreds of other Austrian communities between 1918 and 1921 — the Heller denominations were particularly common since small change had effectively vanished from circulation.

The Pirnaberger signature likely indicates a local municipal official rather than a bank officer. The official stamp serves as the sole mechanical security element, which was typical of smaller Tyrolean issuers who lacked access to more sophisticated printing resources.

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