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50 Heller Lunz am See
| Issuer | Gemeinde Lunz am See (Municipality of Lunz am See) |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | ENTWORFEN VON 50 GUTSCHEIN 50 FÜNFZIG HELLER E. DIEMBERGER VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER. DER BÜRGERMEISTER: GEMEINDERAT. GEMEINDE LUNZ AM SEE. Bald ist zu End' des Berg-Sees Herrlichkeit, Sie wird zerstört in ach schon kurzer Zeit. Sie wird geopfert nun für Kraft und Licht, Wärs Wunder da, wenn schier das Herz uns bricht! |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Lunz am See haftet mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen dafür, diesen Schein im gesetzl. Bargelde einzulösen. Nachahmung wird bestraft. Einlösung vom 15. bis 31. Dezember 1920. |
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Lunz am See is a small lakeside village in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during and after the First World War when coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible. These local issues were authorized under wartime necessity, not monetary policy, and the Gemeinde itself bore responsibility for redemption.
E. Diemberger's credit on a village Notgeld is worth noting; locally commissioned designers were common, and the JPR reference confirms this as one of several Lunz denominations in the series.