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50 Heller Schönau im Mühlkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schönau im Mühlkreis (Municipality of Schönau im Mühlkreis) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Schönau i.M. Fünfzig Heller 50 |
| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in the same violet-blue ink, carries a decorative text panel within a ruled frame with radiating line underprint. A four-line rhyming verse in German script occupies a scroll at the top, flanked by oak leaf sprigs. Below, the main text body sets out the legal issue authorization by the Gemeindebeschluss of 6 June 1920, the total issue amount of 50,000 Kronen, the redemption obligation at the Gemeindekasse by 31 December 1920, and the signature of the Bürgermeister. An anti-counterfeiting warning appears in a ruled panel at the foot. |
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Schönau im Mühlkreis is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller notgeld belongs to the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Austria between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the coin shortages that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Hundreds of Austrian Gemeinden issued their own small-denomination paper, most valid only within the issuing municipality and redeemable for a limited window before being voided.
The JPR0966b suffix indicates this is the second catalogued variety within the Schönau series, distinguished from the 'a' type by a difference in printing detail or color — collectors should verify against the Jaksc reference before attributing.