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50 Heller Niedertalheim, Lilac issue
| Issuer | Gemeindevorstehung Niedertalheim (Municipality of Niedertalheim) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | GEMEINDE NIEDERTALHEIM. HELLER 50 HELLER DIE ZEIT IST WORDEN WEH UND WUND UND DASS SIE WIEDER WIRD GESUND MUSS JEDER SCHAFFEN DORT UND HIER DANN GIBTS DUKATEN STATT PAPIER. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on salmon-pink paper and enclosed within a decorative border of alternating circles and diamonds. A ruled inner frame contains a full typeface text block in German stating the legal basis for the Notgeld issue, referencing the municipal council resolution of 21 April 1920 and pledging redemption in lawful currency between 1 and 31 December 1920. At lower left a counterfeit warning is printed, while at lower right the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister, Alois Schick, appears beneath his title. |
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Austrian Gemeinde notgeld of this period emerged from a genuine crisis: the postwar collapse of small-denomination coinage left rural communities unable to conduct basic transactions. Niedertalheim — a small Upper Austrian village — issued its own emergency currency under the authority granted to municipalities by the Austrian government in 1919 and 1920, a stopgap that produced thousands of distinct local issues across the country.
The lilac designation distinguishes this from any other color variants in the Niedertalheim series. Schick's signature as Gemeindevorstehung head gives it its legal standing — without it, the note was worthless paper even at the moment of printing.