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50 Heller Sierning
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sierning (Municipality of Sierning) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on a cream ground with a light green underprint and framed by an ornate dark border with repeating text reading '50 HELLER' along the sides. The denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' is inscribed in large Gothic script across the upper portion, beneath the issuing authority legend 'GEMEINDE GUTSCHEIN SIERNING'. A central oval vignette presents a panoramic townscape of Sierning with a church steeple visible among the rooftops, flanked by decorative floral motifs; the numeral '50' appears in large type at lower left and right. Below the denomination text, a guarantee clause in German script is followed by two facsimile signatures above the designations 'Der Finanzreferent' and 'Der Bürgermeister'. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Sierning gibt Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von 60.000 Kronen aus (G.A.B vom 20 März 1920). Diese Gutscheine werden bis 1 Juli 1921 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Nachahmung wird bestraft 50 Heller |
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Sierning is a small municipality in Upper Austria, roughly five kilometres from Steyr. The note belongs to the vast Notgeld phenomenon that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921, when severe coin shortages following the collapse of the Habsburg economy forced local authorities to print their own fractional currency. Emil Priebel was a Steyr-based printer with no particular distinction in the broader philatelic record — his output was functional, local, and rarely traveled far.
The 50 Heller denomination was among the most commonly issued values in Upper Austrian municipal Notgeld, replacing the hoarded coins that had effectively vanished from daily commerce by 1920.