Catalog
50 Heller Lwow
| Issuer | Gmina Miasta Lwowa (Municipality of Lviv) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in black on plain cream paper in a formal typeset layout combining italic and upright letterpress text, the centre displays the denomination '50 HALERZY' in large capitals, flanked above and below by the Polish-language municipal redemption and exchange text. A stamped series number appears at the upper left, and three manuscript signatures with their respective titles are arranged across the lower portion beneath the authorization clause. |
| Reverse lettering | Ten bon Gminy Miasta Lwowa ma być przyjmowany w obrocie handlowym w wartości 50 HALERZY Kasa gminy miasta Lwowa wymieni na żądanie okaziciela każdą ilość bonów na banknoty, odpowiadające ich wartości nominalnej — od 20 koron począwszy. Z uchwały Rady miasta Lwowa we Lwowie, dnia 5 czerwca 1919. Wice Prezydent: Prezydent: Wice Prezydent: (Translation: This voucher of the Municipality of the City of Lviv is to be accepted in commercial transactions at the value of 50 Hellers. The cashier's office of the municipality of the city of Lviv will exchange, upon the bearer's request, any quantity of vouchers for banknotes corresponding to their nominal value — from 20 korons upwards. By resolution of the Lviv City Council in Lviv, on 5 June 1919. Vice President. President. Vice President.) |
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Gmina Miasta Lwowa issued emergency notgeld during the brief but brutal Polish-Ukrainian conflict over Lviv in late 1918 and into 1919 — the city changed hands violently before Polish forces secured it in November 1918, and the collapse of normal currency supply made municipal scrip a practical necessity. Rudolf Mękicki, a Lwów-born graphic artist and medallist closely associated with the city's cultural institutions, both designed and engraved the note himself, which is unusual enough to warrant attention.
Mękicki's involvement gives these heller notes an artistic coherence rare in emergency municipal issues.