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50 Heller Reichersberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Reichersberg (Municipality of Reichersberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichersberg a. J. Heller 50 Heller Kassen-Schein. Die Gem. Reichersberg gibt l. Beschl. vom 24. Mai 1920 Kassenscheine aus, haftet für die Verpflichtung zur Einlösung mit ihrem gesamt. Vermögen. Giltig bis einschl. 31. Dezember 1920. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines ist gesetzlich verboten. Der Bürgermeister :: Karl Oettl :: |
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| Signature(s) | Karl Oettl |
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Reichersberg is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller Notgeld note is a product of the acute small-change shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following World War One. The collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipalities scrambling to fill the gap left by hoarded or disappeared metal coinage — thousands of Austrian communities issued their own emergency paper between roughly 1919 and 1921.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0828Ia places this squarely within the documented Upper Austrian series. Signed by Karl Oettl, likely in his capacity as Bürgermeister or a senior municipal official.