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50 Heller Korneuburg
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Korneuburg (City of Korneuburg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned Kassenschein printed in dark brown ink on a fine guilloche underprint. At upper centre, the title inscription 'KASSENSCHEIN DER STADT' is set within a decorative dark border, below which 'KORNEUBURG' appears flanked by ornamental dots. To the left, a vignette illustrates the Korneuburg town hall or municipal tower in a detailed architectural rendering. The denomination '50' is centred within a bold dark oval cartouche, with 'HELLER' below and the place-date 'KORNEUBURG MÄRZ 1920' beneath. To the right, a German-language guarantee text states that the municipality pledges its movable and immovable assets. At the bottom margin, three manuscript signatures appear under the titles 'DER VIZE BÜRGERMEISTER', 'DER BÜRGERMEISTER', and 'DER VIZE BÜRGERMEISTER'. |
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| Reverse lettering | Dieser Kassaschein wird bis 31. Dezember 1920 an der Kassa der Stadtgemeinde Korneuburg jederzeit für 50 Heller ö. W. in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst. Genehmigt mit Erl. d. St.=A. f. F. vom 27. II. 1920, Z. 8515. |
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This is a piece of Austrian Notgeld — emergency municipal scrip issued at the local level to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued the former Habsburg territories after the First World War. Korneuburg, a small town on the Danube north of Vienna, was one of hundreds of municipalities that printed their own fractional notes between 1919 and 1921 when the new Austrian Republic simply could not supply enough low-denomination coinage to keep daily commerce moving.
The "b" suffix in the Jaksch reference indicates a recognized variant within the 50 Heller type — likely a paper stock or color difference from the primary issue.