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50 Heller Neuhaus
| Issuer | Gemeinde Neuhaus im Wienerwald (Municipality of Neuhaus im Wienerwald) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Neuhaus. 50 HELLER Die Gemeinde Neuhaus im Wienerwald haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Kassenschein bis zum 31. August 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Karner, Mayer, Fürst, Vize-Bürgermeister. Bürgermeister. I. Gemeinderat. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. ZWEITE AUFLAGE. |
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| Signature(s) | Karner (Vize-Bürgermeister), Mayer (Bürgermeister) and Fürst (I. Gemeinderat) |
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This is an Austrian Notgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip produced during the severe coin shortage that followed World War One. Neuhaus im Wienerwald, a small community in Lower Austria southwest of Vienna, was one of hundreds of municipalities that printed their own low-denomination notes between roughly 1919 and 1922 to fill the vacuum left by hoarded or melted coinage. The three signatures — Vice-Mayor Karner, Mayor Mayer, and First Councillor Fürst — reflect the formal authentication practice required to give these local issues at least a veneer of official standing.
That three separate officials signed a 50 Heller note speaks to how seriously even minor communities treated the legal formality, even as the currency itself was essentially worthless beyond the issuing village.