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50 Heller Senftenberg
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Senftenberg (Market Town of Senftenberg, Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Senftenberg über 50 Heller Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920. der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: Der Gemeinderat: Marktgemeinde Senftenberg im Kremstale am 15. Mai 1920. |
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| Reverse lettering | Wo der Strom der Nibelungen Zwischen Rebenhängen zieht, Ward für ew'ge Zeit gesungen Deutscher Treue hohes Lied. Deutsch in Lied und Tat zugleich, Bleibe treu, Deutschösterreich! Zur Behebung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Marktgemeinde Senftenberg diese Kassenscheine aus und haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem Vermögen. Serie III. Nachdruck verboten. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld from the 1920 wave of small-denomination emergency coinage substitutes — Senftenberg, a small Lower Austrian market town, issued this 50 Heller note during the period when the central government simply could not produce enough fractional coinage to meet everyday demand. The postwar Austrian state was in no condition to manage its own monetary infrastructure, and hundreds of municipalities filled the gap themselves.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0993d places this among a multi-denomination Senftenberg series. The "d" suffix typically distinguishes a specific color variant or printing run within that series.