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50 Heller Pöggstall
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pöggstall (Municipality of Pöggstall) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The left two-thirds of the note is occupied by a hexagonal vignette with a detailed woodcut-style view of Schloss Pöggstall, the medieval castle reflected in water below, set within an ornate Art Nouveau border of stylised floral and foliate scrollwork. A caption band at the base reads 'Schloß Pöggstall', with the artist's signature 'A. Neidhart' at lower right. The right panel carries the denomination inscription in bold Gothic lettering arranged vertically, separated from the vignette by a narrow ruled column with diamond ornaments. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on pale paper with a light decorative guilloche underprint incorporating numerals and ornamental panels. The central text block, set in Gothic blackletter type, states the redemption terms and issue date, followed by six signatories' names arranged in two rows. Denomination numerals '50' appear in each corner, and the printer's imprint 'Siedler, Pöggstall' is present at lower right. |
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One of thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues printed in the chaotic years following the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy, this 50 Heller note was produced entirely within Pöggstall itself — printer J. Siedler, whose family name also appears among the six signatories, ran the local press responsible for the run. That degree of localism is characteristic of Lower Austrian township issues from this period, where the absence of functional central currency forced communities to self-organize down to the point of printing their own money on whatever equipment was available.
Six signatures on a 50 Heller note is unusual and points to a deliberate effort to lend civic legitimacy to an instrument that most holders knew was essentially worthless beyond town limits.