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50 Heller Kleinmünchen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Kleinmünchen (Municipality of Kleinmünchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0456a-50 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark ink on plain cream paper within a double-ruled rectangular border, with the denomination numeral '50' repeated in each of the four corners. The central text area opens with 'Notgeld :: der Gemeinde :: Kleinmünchen' in prominent Fraktur script, followed by the spelled-out value 'Fünfzig 50 Heller'. Below, a three-line redemption notice states the notes are accepted from 15 June and redeemable in legal tender until 31 December 1920, followed by the printed signatures of the municipal officials. |
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| Signature(s) | Bürgermeister Steiger, 2. V.-Bürgerm. Rauch and 1. V.-Bürgerm. Gabrielli |
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Kleinmünchen was an industrial suburb southwest of Linz — textile mills, chemical works, a working-class population — absorbed into Linz proper in 1938. This 50 Heller note dates from the worst of Austria's postwar Notgeld period, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipalities scrambling to produce their own small-change substitutes. The three signatories represent the full chain of municipal authority: Bürgermeister Steiger flanked by both deputy mayors, which suggests the council took the issuance seriously as a formal civic act rather than a stopgap improvisation.
The JPR reference places this within the Jaksch/Pick Austrian Notgeld catalogue — a relatively obscure corner of the Notgeld world compared to the elaborate German issues of the same years.