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50 Heller Münster in Tirol
| Issuer | Gemeinde Münster in Tirol (Municipality of Münster, Tyrol) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet-mauve on white paper, the note is framed by a decorative guilloche border with radiating sunburst and lace-like zigzag patterns. The denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner, while the central field carries the issuing authority and validity date in Gothic blackletter script above two manuscript facsimile signatures, with the denomination rendered in large ornate Fraktur lettering at centre. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet-mauve, the reverse is oriented vertically and framed by guilloche and zigzag borders, with diamond-shaped cartouches bearing the numeral '50' at top and bottom. The central vignette presents a woodcut-style landscape view of the village of Münster set against a dramatic Alpine peak, with a church steeple rising above the village rooftops amid surrounding woodland. A text band below the vignette identifies the postal district. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a hard practical reality: after 1918, the new Republic of Austria faced a catastrophic shortage of small-denomination coinage, and municipalities across Tyrol were legally permitted to issue their own emergency paper to fill the gap. Münster — a small village in the Inn Valley — was one of hundreds that did exactly this in 1920, producing notes denominated in Heller at a moment when the Heller itself was already in terminal decline as a monetary unit.
The Jaksc catalog (JPR0635a) distinguishes multiple Münster in Tirol issues; the "a" suffix here indicates the first or primary variant within that municipality's run.