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50 Heller Mondsee
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Mondsee (Market Town of Mondsee, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Rust-brown letterpress Notgeld on pale paper, with a rope-pattern border framing the entire note. The large numeral '50' occupies the upper left, beneath which sits the town coat of arms showing a moon over water with a boat. To the right, a vignette in expressionist style shows a figure in a windswept scene with swirling lines. The designer's name 'REISENBICHLER' appears below the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Dark blue letterpress on pale green guilloche-patterned paper, with a rope-pattern border. The denomination '50 Heller' appears in large script at upper left, alongside a redemption text block. To the right, a detailed vignette presents a panoramic view of Mondsee town with the monastery church, lake, and alpine mountains beyond. The designer's name 'REISENBICHLER' appears below the lower border. |
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Austrian Notgeld from the Inflation period following the collapse of the Habsburg state. The Marktgemeinde Mondsee — a small lakeside market town in the Salzkammergut — issued these emergency heller notes because small-denomination coinage had essentially vanished from circulation by 1920, hoarded or melted down as the old imperial monetary order disintegrated. Hundreds of Austrian municipalities did the same, producing their own scrip to fill the gap.
The designer Reisenbichler was a local figure; the note was signed by Bürgermeister Anton Kaltenbrunner in his official capacity as guarantor of redemption — a promise many small-town issuances could only partially keep.