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50 Heller Persenbeug
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Persenbeug (Market Municipality of Persenbeug) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | PERSENBEUG * MARKTGEMEINDE 50 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown and red on a buff ground, with a decorative border of interlocking geometric and floral motifs. To the left, a rectangular vignette illustrates Persenbeug Castle perched on a wooded hillside. To the right, the issuing authority and denomination are set in ornate Fraktur script, with Fünfzig Heller rendered in red. Below, a three-line redemption text in German is followed by two manuscript signatures above their respective titles, and an anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. |
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Persenbeug is a small market town on the Danube in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921. The postwar collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system left local governments scrambling to fill a coin vacuum — the old Heller coinage had effectively vanished from circulation through hoarding and wartime metal demands, and the new republican government was in no position to supply small change quickly enough.
Kroll in Steyr handled a substantial volume of Lower Austrian municipal Notgeld, and the production quality reflects a commercial job printer rather than a security specialist. These Heller denominations from minor Gemeinden circulated hyperlocally and were redeemed in bulk; survival rates are uneven, with some issues turning up frequently and others almost never.