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50 Heller Pernau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pernau (Municipality of Pernau, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Reverse lettering | 2. Auflage. Gutschein der Gemeinde Pernau. Die Gutscheine sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde bis 31. Oktober 1921 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Oktober 1921 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Nachahmung dieses Gutscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Bürgermeister: Josef Himmelfreundpointner. K. DUSL, WELS. |
| Signature(s) | Josef Himmelfreundpointner (Bürgermeister) |
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Pernau is a tiny rural municipality in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian communities between 1920 and 1922 — a direct consequence of the postwar coin shortage that left small transactions nearly impossible to conduct. Karl Sturmeck's involvement as designer places this among the more considered local issues; Dusl in Wels was a regional press that handled a number of Upper Austrian Notgeld commissions during this period.
The mayor's surname — Himmelfreundpointner — is, against all odds, genuine.