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50 Heller Klaus
| Issuer | Gemeinde Klaus (Municipality of Klaus) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-pink note with an ornate letterpress border enclosing the issuer title 'Gemeinde Klaus' in large Gothic blackletter script across the upper field, with the denomination '50 Heller' in bold Gothic numerals and text to the left. A central vignette presents a finely engraved panoramic view of the town of Klaus set against an Alpine mountain backdrop, with a church steeple visible among the rooftops. The printer credit 'Paul Gerin, Wien, II.' appears in the lower left margin and the designer credit 'Anton Peschke' in the lower right. |
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| Signature(s) | Schiffler (Bürgermeister), Josef Schinagl (Kassier) and Julius Holtmüller (Bürgermeister-Stellvertreter) |
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Klaus is a small municipality in Vorarlberg, and this note belongs to the vast Notgeld wave that swept Austrian communes between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the postwar coin shortage that left ordinary commercial transactions nearly impossible. Paul Gerin's Vienna workshop handled an enormous volume of this municipal emergency paper, and the consistent quality shows it.
Anton Peschke designed several Vorarlberg Notgeld issues during this period. The JPR0454Ic designation within the Jaksc catalogue places this among the later Klaus printings of 1920, distinguished from earlier issues by signature configuration — three signatories rather than two, with Holtmüller's countersignature added as deputy mayor.