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 Schenkenfelden
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Schenkenfelden (Market Town of Schenkenfelden) |
|---|---|
| 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 | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Schenkenfelden über Fünfzig Heller 50 Schenkenfelden Gültig nur bis 31. Dezember 1920 Nachahmung des Scheines wird bestraft. Die Gemeinde Schenkenfelden haftet für die Einlösung dieses Scheines in gesetzl. Bargelde u. hat hierfür eine eigene Deckungsrücklage bestellt. Der Vizebürgermeister Gemeinderat Der Bürgermeister |
| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in green, is divided into three arched vignette panels separated by vertical rule lines, all within a diamond-pattern outer border. The left panel contains a view of the birthplace of Johann Georg Freiherr von Harruckern, captioned 'Geburtshaus des Joh. G. Freiherrn v. Harruckern (Nr. 2)', with text below noting the issuance of 20,000 Kronen in Notgeld by council resolution of 18 April 1920. The central panel displays the municipal coat of arms of Schenkenfelden beneath the heading 'Wappen des', with text identifying Joh. Georg Freiherr von Harruckern as founder of the Kalvarienberg. The right panel shows a view of the Kalvarienberg chapel and cemetery, with text stating these notes are redeemable at the municipal office between 1 and 31 December 1920; three motto banners reading 'An Kleingeld arm.', 'An Notgeld reich.' and 'Liebe Sammler freuet euch.' run along the lower edge. |
| 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 |
Schenkenfelden is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities, it issued Notgeld during the postwar economic collapse when small-denomination coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The 50 Heller denomination sits at the most practical end of everyday transaction value — bus fare, bread, a single market purchase — which means these notes were handled constantly and discarded without sentiment once redemption periods closed.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0958 series is among the less-documented Upper Austrian municipal issues, with surviving population figures unreliable.