Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Heller Rabenstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rabenstein (Municipality of Rabenstein, Lower Austria) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Printed in violet on a light green geometric guilloche underprint, the note bears the denomination inscription and issuer name in Gothic blackletter script at the upper left, with a small cartouche vignette of a castle ruin in the upper right corner. The central vignette presents a detailed landscape view of Rabenstein, with the ruins of Rabenstein Castle at left and the village church and surrounding buildings rendered in a fine line-engraved style. The date 1920 and facsimile signatures of the Gemeindevorsteher (mayor) and Gemeinderat (municipal councillor) appear along the lower margin. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark violet on plain cream paper and contains an entirely typeset text in Gothic blackletter script explaining the note's purpose and legal standing. A notation '1. Ausgabe!' (First Issue!) appears in the upper right, and the printer's imprint 'SOMMER, ST. PÖLTEN' is set in small capitals at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Rabenstein an der Pielach is a small market commune in the Pielach valley southwest of St. Pölten, and this 50 Heller note is one of the thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues that flooded the country between 1919 and 1921 when coin shortages made small change functionally impossible to obtain. The Sommer printing house in St. Pölten handled a large volume of Lower Austrian communal emergency currency during this period — a practical choice for valley municipalities without easy access to Vienna printers.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0808Ia-50 indicates this belongs to the first confirmed type for the commune, suggesting Rabenstein issued at least one subsequent series.