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50 Heller Micheldorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Micheldorf (Municipality of Micheldorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 HELLER KASSEN-SCHEIN DER GEMEINDE MICHELDORF DER BÜRGERMEISTER: |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 50 HELLER DER GEMEINDE MICHELDORF DIE GEMEINDE MICHELDORF GIBT GUTSCHEINE BIS ZUM GESAMTBETRAGE VON 60.000 KRONEN AUS. G.A.B.V.24.IV.1920. DIESE GUTSCHEINE WERDEN BIS 3. DEZEMBER 1920 BEIM GEMEINDE-KASSENAMTE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINGELÖST. DIE NACHAHMUNG DIESES SCHEINES WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT. |
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Austrian Notgeld from the post-WWI period, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipalities scrambling to produce their own small-denomination emergency money. Micheldorf, a small community in Upper Austria, issued these locally as the central government proved incapable of supplying adequate coin in 1920. Heller-denomination Notgeld of this type circulated almost entirely within the issuing community — accepted at local shops by informal agreement rather than legal obligation.
The paper used across Upper Austrian municipal issues varied considerably in quality, and Micheldorf examples can show pronounced browning along fold lines due to the low-grade wartime paper stock.