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50 Heller Mariazell
| Issuer | Markt-Gemeinde Mariazell (Market Town of Mariazell) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain buff paper reverse printed in pale blue-green, with the numeral '50' in large outline figures flanking a central oval vignette of the Basilica of Mariazell, the whole enclosed within a dotted oval border inscribed with the abbreviated municipality name. The design is typographically simple, serving as a countercheck to the obverse. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 50 S.M.G.M.Z. (abbreviation within oval border) |
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Mariazell's status as Austria's most important Catholic pilgrimage site gave this small municipal emergency note an unusual issuer profile. The Marktgemeinde was a modest administrative body, but the town drew enormous seasonal foot traffic — and during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria after the First World War, local Notgeld filled a genuine transactional gap for pilgrims, traders, and the guesthouses that served them.
Printed by Rahinger locally rather than sent to a commercial printer in Vienna or Graz, the production reflects the self-contained urgency of the 1920 Notgeld wave. Rahinger was a regional press, not a specialist currency printer, and the craftsmanship shows it.