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50 Heller Pöchlarn
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Pöchlarn |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a detailed engraved panoramic vignette of the town of Pöchlarn viewed across the Danube, framed by ornamental pilasters on either side and captioned 'Pechlarn' above the central scene. A four-line verse by J. v. Scheffel runs across the upper register, dated '16' and '77' in the flanking cartouches. The denomination '50' appears in large numerals at the lower left and right corners, with the issuer inscription and redemption guarantee text filling the lower panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and black, with an impressionistic vignette of the Pöchlarn townscape across the Danube, with a church steeple and a round tower visible among trees rendered in a loose, woodcut-style artistic technique. The lower portion carries a dark green panel bearing the title 'Gutschein' in Gothic script, followed by the issuer name and the denomination '50 Heller' at the lower right, with the municipal coat of arms at the lower left and two facsimile signature lines with validity date. |
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Pöchlarn is a small market town on the Danube in Lower Austria, best known as the birthplace of the painter Oskar Kokoschka and, more obliquely, as the legendary site of Bechelaren in the Nibelungenlied. This 50 Heller note was issued under Austria's Notgeld system, which proliferated after 1914 when hoarding of metallic coinage created acute small-change shortages across the empire and, later, the young republic.
Municipal Notgeld from towns of this size was produced in short runs, often by local printers, and redemption periods were strictly limited — notes unredeemed by the closing date became worthless, which paradoxically ensured collector survival rates sometimes exceeded circulation survival rates.