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50 Heller Schrems
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Schrems (Market Town of Schrems) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 15 September 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Schrems über 50 Heller Die Marktgemeinde Schrems haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Dieser Schein wird von der Marktgemeinde Schrems bis 15. September 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Nachahmung strafbar Schrems, am 15. März 1920. Franz Schuster, Vizebürgermeister. Josef Fichtenbauer, Bürgermeister. Magnus Bauer, Finanzreferent. |
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| Signature(s) | Franz Schuster (Vizebürgermeister), Josef Fichtenbauer (Bürgermeister), and Magnus Bauer (Finanzreferent) |
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Schrems is a small market town in the Waldviertel region of Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921. The postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left local authorities scrambling to maintain small-denomination liquidity; the central government simply could not produce enough low-value coin and currency to meet everyday transactional needs.
Three signatories authenticate this note — the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a designated finance officer — an unusually complete administrative endorsement for a piece of emergency scrip from a town this size.