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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 Gemeinderath Marktgemeinde Senftenberg im Kremstale am 15. Mai 1920. |
| Reverse description | Plain cream-coloured reverse, entirely unprinted save for two text blocks in Gothic blackletter script. The upper portion carries a six-line patriotic verse enclosed within a rectangular border of small circle ornaments. Below, a three-line declaration in larger Gothic type states the legal basis for the issue, pledging the market town's assets as guarantee, followed by the copyright notice 'Nachdruck verboten.' at the lower right. |
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Senftenberg is a small market town in the Krems district of Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is one of the thousands of municipal Notgeld issues that flooded Austria between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the post-war coin shortage that left local economies functionally unable to make change. The Marktgemeinde issued these as emergency small-denomination scrip, redeemable locally and theoretically backed by the commune's credit.
The Jaksch catalogue reference places it firmly within the Lower Austrian series. Many issues from villages this size were printed in very small runs and redeemed quickly, leaving few survivors in collectible condition.