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50 Heller Pöggstall
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pöggstall (Municipality of Pöggstall) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Heller 50 Heller 50 HELLER, PÖGGSTALL |
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| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD FÜR PÖGGSTALL. FÜNFZIG HELLER. Die Gefertigten haften für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen und haben hiefür ein eigenes Deckungskapital bei der Gemeinde hinterlegt. Das Ende der Giltigkeitsdauer wird 4 Wochen vorher öffentlich verlautbart werden. Pöggstall, am 18. März 1920. Franz Lenauer jun. Johann Siedler jun. Konrad Lenauer. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Pöggstall is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Local governments were legally permitted to issue small-denomination emergency currency, and hundreds did. Pöggstall was one of them.
Three signatories — Franz Lenauer jun., Johann Siedler jun., and Konrad Lenauer — authenticated this note, the "jun." designations suggesting these were family businesses or dynasties with established civic standing in the town.