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50 Heller Langenlois
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Langenlois (Market Town of Langenlois) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Cream paper with a fine wavy-line underprint throughout. The crowned municipal coat of arms of Langenlois is printed to the upper left. Two stanzas of verse in Fraktur script occupy the upper right. A central block of text states the redemption terms, and an anti-counterfeiting warning appears at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Ich bin in allen Zeiten Und in die fernsten Weiten Und niemand zum Verdruß Ein Langenloiser Gruß. Es klingt ein altes Märchen Von gleißend Silber und Gold; Nun hat das edle Pärchen Der Teufel des Krieges geholt. Dieser Kassenschein ist unverzinslich und wird in der Zeit vom 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920 von der Gemeinde Langenlois in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Langenlois, in Lower Austria's Kamptal wine-growing district, issued this 50 Heller note as part of Austria's vast Notgeld phenomenon — the emergency municipal coinage and currency that flourished between 1919 and 1921 when small-denomination coins effectively vanished from circulation after the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. Hundreds of Austrian market towns issued similar notes, but the Kamptal issues attract particular collector interest because of the region's strong local identity and the relatively small populations — and therefore small print runs — of the issuing communities.
Langenlois itself was among the larger Weinviertel wine centers, which likely kept demand for small change higher than in purely agricultural villages.