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50 Heller Pottenstein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Pottenstein a.d. Triesting |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Pottenstein a.d. Triesting Die Marktgemeinde Pottenstein haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen Pottenstein im Mai 1920 Der Finanzreferent: Der Bürgermeister: 50 Heller |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain cream card stock in dark brown letterpress type, entirely without vignette or decorative border. The text states the total volume of vouchers issued by the Marktgemeinde Pottenstein a.d. Triesting and specifies the redemption deadline of 31 August 1920 in legal tender. |
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Pottenstein an der Triesting is a small market town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities in the immediate postwar years, it issued its own emergency small change notes — Notgeld — to compensate for the chronic shortage of metal coinage that plagued the former Habsburg territories after 1918. These local issues were authorized under Austrian emergency provisions and typically ran for only a few months before being withdrawn.
The 50 Heller denomination was among the most common face values for this type of municipal issue, filling the gap left by the near-total disappearance of bronze and nickel coins from circulation.