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50 Heller Prambachkirchen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Prambachkirchen (Municipality of Prambachkirchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark violet ink on cream paper, the reverse is framed by a decorative geometric border. The left panel contains the word 'Heller' in Gothic script above and below a circular underprint enclosing the numeral '50'. The main text panel bears the full legal redemption text in German Gothic script, including the resolution date of 27 May 1920, the total issue amount of 50,000 Kronen, and the obligation to redeem the note at the municipal treasury within four weeks of public notice. A boxed anti-counterfeiting warning reading 'Die Nachmachung wird gesetzlich bestraft.' appears at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Prambachkirchen. Die Gemeinde Prambachkirchen gibt laut Beschluß vom 27. Mai 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 50.000 Kronen aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein nach Ablauf von vier Wochen nach erfolgter Verlautbarung bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Prambachkirchen, am 27. Mai 1920. Die Nachmachung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Heller Heller |
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An Austrian Notgeld issue from the turbulent years following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, when municipal and local authorities across Austria printed their own small-denomination emergency money to address a catastrophic shortage of coins. The central government simply could not produce enough low-value currency to meet everyday demand, and thousands of communes filled the gap with locally authorized paper.
Prambachkirchen is a small parish in Upper Austria. Its Notgeld issues were functional rather than decorative — the municipality was not among those that produced the elaborate collector-oriented "Serienscheine" that flooded the philatelic market from 1920 onward.