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50 Heller Ohlstorf
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Ohlstorf |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Dieser Gutschein wird bis auf öffentlich kundgemachten Widerruf bei der Gemeindekassa in Ohlstorf eingelöst. Nachahmung wird bestraft. Ohlstorf, am 1. Juni 1920. Matthias Lehner Vizebürgermeister. Anton Huemer Bürgermeister. 50 Ein hartes Leben führen wir, Ein Leben ohne Wonne, Hätten wir nicht dies Papier, Wer wechselte die Krone? 50 Gutschein der Ortsgemeinde Ohlstorf |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green on cream paper, the reverse is centred on a finely engraved vignette of the village of Ohlstorf with a prominent church steeple rising above surrounding rooftops and trees, enclosed within an oval wreath of ears of grain and floral garlands. Denomination numerals '50' appear in bold at upper left and upper right, with the word 'NOTGELD' displayed on a curved scroll banner at the top, flanked by the words 'Fünfzig' and 'Heller'. A scroll ribbon at the foot bears the issuer inscription 'Gemeinde Ohlstorf', and the printer's imprint 'SALZKAMMERGUT-DRUCKEREI GMUNDEN' is set in small capitals below the lower border. |
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Ohlstorf is a small parish in Upper Austria's Salzkammergut region, and like hundreds of similarly modest communities, it issued Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The Salzkammergut-Druckerei in Gmunden handled much of the local emergency currency work across the surrounding districts, which gives these notes a regional coherence — the same press, the same paper stock, notes signed by different village functionaries across a dozen parishes.
The two signatories, Matthias Lehner and Anton Huemer, were almost certainly local municipal officials rather than bankers. Redemption of such issues was guaranteed only by the issuing commune's word, which by 1920 was itself an uncertain backing.