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50 Heller Lilienfeld, Blue issue
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld (Market Town of Lilienfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 HELLER FÜNFZIG LILIENFELD Die Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld haftet für die Einlösung im gesetzlichen Bargelde bis 31. Dezember 1920 Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: Der Gemeinderat: |
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| Reverse lettering | III. Auflage. Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld Auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 30. April 1920 erfolgt die Einlösung der bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von 30000 Kronen ausgegebenen Gutscheine aus der hiefür eigens bestellten Deckungsrücklage in gesetzlichem Bargelde in der Zeit vom 20. bis 31. Dezember 1920. Gegebenenfalls kann eine Verlängerung der Umlaufszeit, welche bis längstens 20. Dezember 1920 öffentlich verlautbart wird, erfolgen. |
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Lilienfeld's blue-series 50 Heller belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal Notgeld issued in 1920, when chronic coin shortages left small transactions nearly impossible. The Marktgemeinde — a market town rather than a major city — was one of hundreds of Lower Austrian communities forced to self-finance emergency fractional currency, printed locally and valid only within the issuing district.
The Ing. E. Schmidt designer credit is unusual for a note of this scale; most comparable Notgeld relied on anonymous commercial printers. Local redemption deadlines on such issues were often ignored in practice, and many circulated well past their nominal expiry.