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50 Heller Münzbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Münzbach (Municipality of Münzbach, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 92 × 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | The note is enclosed within an ornate Art Nouveau border of scrolling foliate and geometric motifs. At centre, an octagonal vignette carries the heraldic crayfish emblem of Münzbach, flanked by solid black denomination panels lettered '50 HELLER' in white letterpress, with the issuer's name 'MÜNZBACH O.Ö.' in a framed cartouche at top centre. Redemption and anti-counterfeiting notices in German script occupy two text panels, with three manuscript signatures of municipal officials at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Heller Gutschein d. Gemeinde Münzbach O.Ö. Gültig bis 31. Dez. 1920 |
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Münzbach is a small rural parish in the Perg district, and like hundreds of comparable Austrian municipalities, it issued emergency small change — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left coin circulation effectively paralyzed. The 50 Heller denomination was among the most common stopgap values across Upper Austria in 1920, filling the gap left by hoarded copper and nickel coinage that had vanished from circulation during and after the war.
Druckerei Steyr handled a considerable volume of municipal Notgeld commissions from surrounding communities during this period, which means production quality and paper stock vary noticeably across the run.