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50 Heller Obritzberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Obritzberg (Municipality of Obritzberg, Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Obritzberg N.Ö. Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920. 50 Heller Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Bürgermeister: |
| Reverse description | Printed in pale green and dark violet on cream paper, the reverse carries a light geometric guilloche underprint composed of interlocking ornamental panels across the entire field. The issuer name 'Gemeinde Obritzberg, N.=Oe.' is set in Gothic blackletter at the top centre, with a small decorative scroll ornament below it. The denomination '50 Heller' is printed in large bold Gothic type at centre, and the printer's imprint 'SUMMER, ST. PÖLTEN' appears in small letterpress at the lower centre. |
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Obritzberg is a small Lower Austrian village that, like hundreds of similar communities, resorted to printing its own emergency money — Notgeld — when the postwar coin shortage left ordinary transactions nearly impossible. The Austrian state was in no position to supply small change in 1920; inflation was already eroding confidence in the krone, and municipalities filled the gap themselves. Summer in St. Pölten was one of the regional printers kept busy by this surge of local commissions, producing runs for multiple Lower Austrian communities in the same period.
Heller denominations became obsolete within a few years as hyperinflation rendered them worthless in practical terms.