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50 Heller Schönbühel
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Schönbühel an der Donau |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Hel- 50 -ler Gut-Schein der Marktgemeinde Schönbühel a/d Donau DER BÜRGERMEISTER DIE GEMEINDE SCHÖNBÜHEL a/d DONAU ÜBERNIMMT DIE HAFTUNG, DIESEN GUTSCHEIN IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN UND HAT ZU DIESEM ZWECKE EINE BESONDERE DECKUNGS-RÜCKLAGE BEREIT. Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920. DIE NACHAHMUNG DIESES GUTSCHEINES WIRD BESTRAFT 2. AUFLAGE LITH. & DRUCK F. SEITENBERG, WIEN III |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, consisting of plain off-white paper with no text, vignettes, or decorative elements. |
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Schönbühel an der Donau is a small market town on the Danube in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency small change produced by municipalities across Austria and Germany during the severe coin shortage that gripped the region from around 1914 onward. The Habsburg state could not keep fractional coinage in circulation; metal went to the war effort, and hoarding did the rest. Local governments filled the gap themselves.
F. Seitenberg's Vienna lithography shop handled a considerable volume of Notgeld work for Lower Austrian communities during this period. The Jaksc reference places this within the established regional catalog for Austrian municipal issues.