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50 Heller Scheibbs
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Scheibbs |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Notgeld Markt- der gemeinde Scheibbs n.ö. Fünfzig Heller Scheibbs, am 1. Mai 1920 Die Gemeinde Scheibbs haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. der Rechnungsführer / der Bürgermeister / der Gemeinderat |
| Reverse description | Black on white Notgeld reverse with a bold Gothic header cartouche reading 'Gemeinde Scheibbs' at top centre. The left panel contains a vignette of a church amid foliage above a municipal coat of arms, while the right panel shows a medieval tower with figures in a landscape setting. The central text panel, framed by ornamental borders, carries the Kassenschein text in Gothic script detailing the terms of issue and redemption, with a bold warning against counterfeiting and the motto 'Ein Gebot der bittern Not' across the lower border. |
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Scheibbs is a small market town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the post-WWI period when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. The Rehinger printing firm that produced this note was local, which is itself characteristic of the phenomenon: towns turned to whoever had a press nearby, with results that ranged from crude to surprisingly accomplished.
The "IIb" sub-variant designation in the Jaksc reference suggests at least minor typographic or color differences within the series — worth checking against the "IIa" if provenance matters.