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50 Heller Loich
| Issuer | Gemeinde Loich (Municipality of Loich) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde Loich. Fünfzig Heller. fort mit Wucherern und Schleichern Dieser Gutschein wird jederzeit bis 31. Juli 1920 eingelöst. Der Kassier: Der Bürgermeister: Der Vice-Bürgermeister: Druck Redinger Mariazell fec. J. v. Schönbrunner. 1920. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1. Auflage. |
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Loich is a village in Lower Austria with a population that has never exceeded a few hundred souls, which makes this Heller note one of the more obscure products of the Austrian Notgeld wave that flooded the country between 1919 and 1921. Municipal authorities across Austria issued these emergency fractional notes because coin shortages after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left small-denomination metal currency essentially unavailable for everyday commerce. Loich was simply doing what thousands of other Gemeinden were doing — filling a gap the central government could not.
The printer, Redinger of Mariazell, handled Notgeld commissions for several small communities in the region. The designer credit to J. v. Schönbrunner is worth noting — the "v." suggests a noble particle, unusual for a provincial print job of this type.