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50 Heller Linz - Wirtschaftsverband der Mil. Gagisten
| Issuer | Wirtschaftsverband der Militär-Gagisten, Linz |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on cream paper within an ornate scrollwork border. The denomination numeral '50' appears in large bold type at left, with the abbreviation 'hl' in a matching cartouche at right. The central text panel carries the Gutschein legend, citing the board resolution of 5 May 1920, the liability of the Wirtschaftsverband der Mil.-Gagisten at Mariengasse 5, Linz, and the redemption date of 1 December 1920. Below the text, four manuscript signatures appear under the printed role designations Obmann, Obm.-Stellvert., Kassier, and Buchhalter, with the issue date 'Linz, am 7. Mai 1920' centred above them. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green on cream paper, the reverse centres on an oval vignette of a medieval stone gateway and tower — likely the Linz Castle or a related fortification — rendered in fine line engraving with cross-hatched shading. The denomination '50' occupies a rococo cartouche at lower left, balanced by 'hl' in a matching cartouche at lower right, both set against a horizontal-line guilloche background. The issuer's name is inscribed in Gothic script along the lower margin in two lines, with the artist's name 'Karl Hayd' visible within the vignette surround. |
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The Wirtschaftsverband der Militär-Gagisten was a cooperative purchasing association formed by demobilized Austro-Hungarian military pensioners — men whose fixed salaries had been devastated by postwar inflation. These Notgeld issues from Linz allowed members to transact within the cooperative's network when small coin was virtually unobtainable in Upper Austria during 1920.
Karl Hayd's involvement is notable; he was a locally active Linz designer whose work appears across several Upper Austrian emergency issues of this period, giving them a regional graphic coherence rarely found in the more improvised Notgeld of other provinces.