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50 Heller Schwödiau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schwödiau (Municipality of Schwödiau) |
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| Designer(s) | H. Siebert |
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| Obverse lettering | SCHWÖDIAU OBER- OE. 50 heller GUTSCHEIN |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Einlösung dieses Gutscheines in gesetzlichem Bargelde erfolgt nach Verlautbarung. Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft. Der Ortsvorsteher: Josef Schilhuber 2. Auflage, A |
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Schwödiau — today Svidník in northeastern Slovakia — issued this Heller notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system after 1918. Municipal scrip of this type was a purely practical response: small denominations had effectively vanished from circulation, and communities printed their own to keep local commerce moving.
H. Siebert's design credit on a piece from a small Carpathian market town is worth noting — local notgeld was frequently designed by whoever was available, schoolteachers and postal clerks included. The single signature, Josef Schilhuber, almost certainly a municipal official, served as the sole authentication.