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50 Heller Schlierbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schlierbach (Municipality of Schlierbach, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 October 1920 |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is occupied by a single oval vignette, framed by an elaborate scrollwork border, presenting a finely detailed pen-and-ink panoramic view of Schlierbach with its monastery church towers and surrounding wooded hillside. The inscription 'Gutschein' appears in cursive script at the top of the frame, while a ribbon banner at the base carries the legend 'Gemeinde Schlierbach' in matching script. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein Gemeinde Schlierbach |
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Schlierbach is a small Upper Austrian village best known for its Cistercian monastery, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austria's municipalities after the First World War left the country's coinage supply in near-total collapse. Local governments — including ones as minor as Schlierbach — were legally permitted to issue emergency currency to keep small transactions functioning, typically in denominations too low to be worth counterfeiting.
Three signatories appear: the Bürgermeister and both of his deputies, an unusually full endorsement for a village of this scale, suggesting the issuing committee took the legitimacy of the note seriously despite its modest face value.