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50 Heller Mitterbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Mitterbach (Municipality of Mitterbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde MITTERBACH a.d. nied.-österr. steir. Alpenbahn 50 · HELLER · Ötscher 1892m Gos. Fluch — gez. GÜLTIG vom 1. JUNI bis 31. DEZ. 1920 der Finanz-Referent: der Bürgermeister: der Vicebürgermeister: |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark red on plain cream paper and enclosed within a decorative foliate border of repeating floral and leaf motifs. The central field carries six lines of a regional dialect verse in Fraktur script, titled 'Stoansteirisch 2', evoking local Alpine folk culture. The printer's imprint 'SUMMER, ST. PÖLTEN' appears in small letterpress type at the foot of the note below the outer border. |
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One of thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues produced in the chaotic period following the dissolution of the Habsburg Empire, when coin shortages forced local authorities — villages, towns, even individual businesses — to print their own fractional currency. Mitterbach, a small alpine community near the Erlaufsee in Lower Austria, issued through the Gemeinde rather than a commercial institution, which was typical for notes of this denomination and period.
Printed by Summer of St. Pölten, with design credit to Jos. Fluch. The b-variant designation in the Jaksch reference suggests at least two known states of this issue exist.