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50 Heller Parz
| Issuer | Gemeinde Parz (Municipality of Parz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Olive and pink notgeld issued by the Municipality of Parz, with the denomination numeral '50' printed in dark purple circular vignettes at upper left and upper right corners. A central guilloche-bordered medallion carries the value '50 HELLER' in bold lettering, flanked by decorative scroll cartouches bearing 'FÜNFZIG' at left and 'HELLER' at right in large serif capitals. The lower portion carries the municipal guarantee text dated 14. März 1920 in letterpress, with a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister below. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple-grey on a vertically lined background, the reverse centres on a large oval vignette containing a fine engraved landscape view of Schloss Parz, with the arcaded façade of the castle reflected in a foreground pond and a figure in a rowing boat in the lower centre; mature trees frame the composition on both sides. A decorative oval border surrounds the scene, with the caption 'SCHLOSS PARZ' inscribed along the lower arc. A small circular armorial device appears at the lower left of the oval. |
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Parz is a small village in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly tiny municipalities it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Austrian federal government was unable to supply sufficient small change, leaving local authorities to fill the gap themselves. Most of these issues were redeemable only within the issuing community, making them effectively hyper-local scrip.
The "b" variant designation in the Jaksc reference suggests at least two known printing states for this denomination, differing in some detail of typography, paper, or overprint — worth checking against the "a" type before cataloging.