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50 Heller Puchberg am Schneeberg
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Puchberg am Schneeberg (Market Town of Puchberg am Schneeberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Marktgemeinde Puchberg a. Sch. 50 Heller Dieser Gutschein wird bis spätestens 31. Dezember 1920 von der Marktgemeinde in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. Puchberg a. Sch. 16. Mai 1920. DRUCK PAUL GERIN, WIEN, II. ANTON PESCHKE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on a plain light paper ground, bearing an extended block of descriptive text in German Fraktur script extolling the scenic and recreational merits of Puchberg am Schneeberg as a tourist destination. The title 'Puchberg am Schneeberg.' is set in bold gothic lettering at the head of the text panel, with the body text describing the town's accessibility from Vienna, its alpine scenery, and the rack railway ascending the Hochschneeberg. |
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Puchberg am Schneeberg is a small market town at the foot of the Schneeberg massif in Lower Austria, better known today as the terminus of the Schneebergbahn rack railway. This note belongs to the vast Austrian Notgeld phenomenon of 1919–1921, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipal and district authorities scrambling to cover a severe coin shortage by issuing their own low-denomination emergency scrip.
Paul Gerin in Vienna was among the more prolific printers of Austrian Notgeld, and Anton Peschke's design work for this series reflects the localized artistic ambition that distinguishes the better Gemeinde issues from purely utilitarian scrip. The JPR0786b suffix indicates a variant within the Puchberg series — worth distinguishing from the 'a' type when cataloging.