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50 Heller Luftenberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Luftenberg (Municipality of Luftenberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper, the obverse presents a central vignette of a village street scene with multi-storey buildings and trees beneath a dramatic sky, framed by ornate guilloche rosettes bearing the denomination numeral '50' on each side. The upper register carries the large letterpress inscription 'GUTSCHEIN' flanked by the words 'HELLER' and 'FUNFZIG', while a banner at the foot reads 'der Gemeinde Luftenberg'. The printer's imprint 'L. Haase Linz' appears in the lower right corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | Dieser Schein erzält von Not. Von Teuerung und Kriegesbrot. Ohne Fett und ohne Braten. Gott gebs dass heuer die Ernl wird gratin. Die Gemeinde Luftenberg gibt laut Sitzungsbeschluss vom 2. Mai 1920 Gutscheine aus im Gesamtbetrage von 30.000 Kr. und haftet dafür mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen. Diese Gutscheine werden bis 31. Dec. 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde bei der Gemeindekasse eingelöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft. Der Bürgermeister. |
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Luftenberg is a small parish on the Danube east of Linz, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1920 was entirely practical — the postwar coin shortage in Austria had become acute enough that municipalities across Upper Austria were printing their own small-denomination scrip to keep local commerce moving. The Haase printing firm in Linz handled a significant number of these Upper Austrian communal issues, which means the paper and presswork here are consistent with the regional run rather than anything bespoke.
The JPR0570e designation within the Jaksc catalogue identifies this as one of several Luftenberg denominations from the same emission.