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50 Heller Rottenmann
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Rottenmann |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Rottenmann Gutschein über 50 Heller |
| Reverse description | Printed in black on cream paper with a simple geometric border of diamond and lozenge ornaments. At left, the municipal coat of arms of Rottenmann is rendered as a bold woodcut-style vignette, showing a heraldic shield supported by figural elements including a standing soldier. To the right, the redemption clause is set in blackletter script, followed by four manuscript signatures with their official titles below. |
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Rottenmann is a small market town in Styria, and its municipal notgeld issues like this 50 Heller belong to the wave of emergency small-change scrip that Austrian local authorities were forced to produce from around 1919 onward — coins had effectively vanished from everyday commerce, hoarded or melted, and the central government was too occupied with post-imperial collapse to fill the gap systematically.
The Jaksc catalogue reference places this firmly in the documented Austrian municipal series, though Rottenmann issues are not among the more frequently encountered Styrian pieces in the specialist market.