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50 Heller Mondsee
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Mondsee (Market Town of Mondsee) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple-brown on pale yellow paper, the reverse carries the same chain-link border as the obverse. The numeral '50' appears in bold at upper left, beneath which is the municipal coat of arms of Mondsee within a shield, showing lake-dwellers in boats. To the right occupies a large atmospheric vignette rendered in an Expressionist woodcut manner, depicting figures in a sailing boat against dramatically swirling wind lines. The caption 'Mondsee in Oberösterr.' is inscribed at the lower centre-right, with the designer's name 'Reisenbichler' noted below the border. |
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| Signature(s) | Ant. Kaltenbrunner |
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Austrian Notgeld of the 1920–1921 period was almost always a local affair in the most literal sense — municipal bodies printed their own emergency small change because the central government could not supply sufficient coinage after the war. Mondsee, a small market town on the Salzkammergut lake of the same name, produced this 50 Heller piece under that same pressure. The designer credit "Reisenbichler" is almost certainly a local figure rather than a professional printer's artist, which was common for Notgeld issued in smaller Austrian communities.
Ant. Kaltenbrunner's signature as a municipal authority ties this note administratively to the Marktgemeinde rather than any banking institution.