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50 Heller Münzbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Münzbach (Municipality of Münzbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 HELLER MÜNZBACH O.-Ö. Die Gemeinde Münzbach O.-Ö. löst diesen Schein in der Zeit v. 15.-31. Dez. 1920 gegen gesetzl. Bargeld ein. Jede Fälschung enter- liegt der gesetzlichen Strafe. Der Bürgerm. Der Gem. R. Der Gem. R. |
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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 commune in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities, it issued its own emergency small change during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War. The Heller denominations — lowest in the Austrian monetary system — had effectively vanished from circulation by 1919, hoarded or melted, leaving local commerce paralyzed at the level of everyday transactions. Municipal notgeld was the practical answer.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0636I-50 places this squarely within the documented Upper Austrian municipal series, though Münzbach issues are not commonly encountered, reflecting the limited original print runs typical of single-commune emissions rather than the larger township series.