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50 Heller Krieglach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Krieglach (Municipality of Krieglach) |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in purple and black on grey paper, with an elaborate lace-style ornamental border of scrollwork and floral motifs. At centre, an oval vignette carries a bust portrait of the Styrian author Peter Rosegger, identified by his name inscribed above in script lettering and surrounded by edelweiss blossoms. To the left and right, smaller oval vignettes contain full-length figures of a woman in traditional Styrian folk dress and a man in peasant costume respectively. The denomination "50" appears in large numerals at lower left and right, with the legend "Fünfzig Heller" in stylised Gothic script at the foot, and "Gutschein Gemd. Krieglach" arching across the top. |
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| Reverse lettering | Heller 50 Die Gemeinde Krieglach löst diesen Gutschein bis 31. Oktober 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde ein. Der Bürgermeister: Die Vicebürgermeister: Die Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft. |
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Krieglach is a small market town in the Mürztal valley of Styria, and this 50 Heller note is one of the thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues produced during and after the First World War, when coin shortages made small-denomination paper an operational necessity. The Gemeinde — not a bank — acted as issuer, which was entirely typical of the Notgeld system: local authorities, businesses, even private associations printed their own fractional currency to keep commerce moving when the imperial monetary supply collapsed at the local level.
Krieglach carries a particular association with the writer Peter Rosegger, who was born nearby and is closely identified with the region. Whether that connection influenced the note's design cannot be confirmed without examining the face directly, but it shaped how the town presented itself publicly throughout this period.