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50 Heller Schönbichl
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schönbichl (Municipality of Schönbichl) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper stock, with a central oval vignette illustrating a farmer guiding a horse-drawn plough across a field, rendered in a woodcut-like style. Denomination numerals '50' appear in decorative cartouches at left and right, with the word 'Heller' below each, flanked by a light blue guilloche underprint border. The lower panel carries the issuing authority title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Schönbichl' in bold Gothic script, followed by the district designation 'Bezirk Amstetten, N.-Ö.' and the validity date '30. Dez. 1920', with the signatories' names and titles set in three lines beneath. |
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| Signature(s) | Franz Pilz (Bürgermeister), Leop. Weigl (Vice-Bürgermstr.) and Anton Ettlinger (Gemeinderat) |
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Schönbichl is a small municipality in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued by Austrian towns and villages between 1919 and 1921 when coins vanished from circulation entirely following the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The three signatories — Bürgermeister Pilz, Vice-Bürgermeister Weigl, and Gemeinderat Ettlinger — signed in their official capacities, lending municipal authority to what was essentially a locally printed substitute currency with no backing beyond community trust.
The Austrian Heller itself was abolished in 1925, rendering all such notes worthless by law well before most saw significant wear.