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50 Heller Loosdorf, Green reverse
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Loosdorf (Market Town of Loosdorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 78 × 65 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on a pale green-tinted paper ground, entirely enclosed by a double decorative border composed of interlocking scroll ornaments. The text is set in Fraktur blackletter throughout: the issuing authority appears at the top in large display script, followed by the denomination in bold type on a dotted rule baseline. A lengthy redemption clause in smaller Fraktur explains the note's issuance to alleviate the small-change shortage, its acceptance as legal tender by the municipality until 31 December 1920, and its redemption in lawful currency between 15 and 31 December 1920. A final line at the foot warns that counterfeiting is punishable by law. |
| Reverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Loosdorf. Fünfzig Heller Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Loosdorf Kassenscheine aus. Dieselben sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Loosdorf bis 31. Dezember 1920 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15.–31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Loosdorf is a small market town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of comparable municipalities, it resorted to printing its own emergency currency — Notgeld — when the postwar coin shortage made daily commerce nearly impossible. The 50 Heller denomination in this green-reverse variant is distinguished from its counterpart by the reverse color alone, a minor production decision that nonetheless creates a separate catalogued type under the Jaksch/Pick system.
F. Prietzel of Steyr handled the design work — a local commercial arrangement typical of Austrian municipal Notgeld, where town councils contracted nearby printers and designers rather than Vienna specialists.