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50 Heller Pöchlarn
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Pöchlarn |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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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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| Obverse lettering | DIE WELLEN ZIEHN UND BLINKEN / HEUT WIE VOR ALTEN JAHREN / VOM KAHN LASS MICH DIR WINKEN / DU GUTE BECHELAREN. J.V.V. SCHEFFEL Pechlarn STADTGEMEINDE PÖCHLARN N.D. DIE GEMEINDE HAFTET FÜR DIE EINLÖSUNG MIT IHREM GANZEN VERMÖGEN. / NACHAHMUNG VERBOTEN. 50 |
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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.