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50 Heller Peuerbach, Markt-Verwaltung Peuerbach
| Issuer | Markt-Verwaltung Peuerbach |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Markt-Verwaltung Peuerbach O.-Ö. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue Gothic blackletter script on cream paper and carries an eight-line dialect poem in Upper Austrian vernacular, evoking the charm of Peuerbach's old streets and houses. Below the poem, a two-line validity notice states that the vouchers are valid until 31 December 1920 and redeemable in legal tender, followed by the issuer name 'Markt-Verwaltung Peuerbach' in larger Gothic script. Three handwritten signatures appear at the foot under their respective titles: Der Verwalter-Stellv., Der Verwalter, and Der Kassier. |
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This is a Notgeld issue — emergency small-change scrip printed to fill the coin vacuum that persisted in Austria well after the armistice. By 1920, the chronic shortage of metal coinage had pushed hundreds of Austrian municipalities to print their own fractional notes, and Peuerbach was among the later issuers in Upper Austria to do so. Emil Pratzel in Steyr handled a significant volume of regional Notgeld printing during this period, making him the practical enabler of several such local issues.
Three signatories authenticated this note: the Verwalter, his deputy, and the cashier — unusually thorough for a 50 Heller denomination. The designer, H. Doblmaier, shares a surname with the signing deputy, Hans Doblmaier.