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50 Heller Sigmundsherberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sigmundsherberg (Municipality of Sigmundsherberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream-toned reverse with a faint underprint watermark pattern visible in the paper. The denomination "Fünfzig Heller." is set in large Gothic script at the top, followed by a small decorative ornament. A block of text in Fraktur script states the redemption conditions, specifying that this interest-free Kassenschein will be redeemed in legal tender by the Gemeinde Sigmundsherberg during the period 1 to 31 December 1920. Two facsimile signatures appear below, identified by their respective titles, with a series letter "A" at lower left and the printer's imprint at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig Heller. Dieser Kassenschein ist unverzinslich und wird in der Zeit vom 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920 von der Gemeinde Sigmundsherberg in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst. Der Vizebürgermeister: Franz Breit. Der Bürgermeister: Josef Bachmayer. A F. Berger, Horn. |
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Sigmundsherberg is a small rail junction town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it printed its own Notgeld to compensate for a near-total absence of small change in the postwar economy. The imperial coinage had effectively vanished — hoarded, melted, or simply gone — and the new Austrian state was in no position to replace it quickly. Local authorities stepped in with whatever printer was close at hand.
F. Berger of Horn handled a substantial volume of municipal Notgeld for the surrounding Waldviertel region during this period. Both signatories — Bürgermeister Bachmayer and Vizebürgermeister Breit — signed by hand rather than facsimile, which is consistent with the very modest print runs typical of villages this size.