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50 Heller Selztal
| Issuer | Gemeinde Selztal (Municipality of Selztal) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Selztal Steiermark FÜNFZIG HELLER 50 Die Gemeinde Selztal haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem gesamten Gemeindevermögen. Die Einlösung erfolgt vier Wochen nach Bekanntgabe. Nachahmung strafbar I Vizebürgermeister Bürgermeister II Vizebürgermeister Emil Prachel, Steyr |
| Reverse description | Olive-green reverse with a central panoramic vignette of the village of Selztal set in a broad Alpine valley, with terraced hillsides and mountain peaks receding into the background. Two tall decorative oval cartouches with Art Nouveau scrollwork flank the central scene, each containing the numeral 50, while the denomination "Fünfzig Heller" appears in ornate Gothic lettering across the lower margin. The heading "Gutschein der Gemeinde Selztal, Steiermark" is inscribed along the upper border. |
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Selztal is a small railway junction commune in Styria — its notgeld issues were practical necessities during the coin famine of the First World War and its aftermath, not commemorative productions. Emil Prachel was a Steyr-based printer who handled a number of Upper Austrian municipal emergency issues during this period, working at the cheaper end of the notgeld market with straightforward typography rather than the elaborate lithographic artwork that larger towns could afford.
The Heller denominations from small Austrian communes like this one were frequently over-issued relative to redemption capacity, and many were never formally retired.