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50 Heller Spital am Pyhrn
| Issuer | Gemeinde Spital am Pyhrn (Municipality of Spital am Pyhrn) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out in a Gothic blackletter script throughout, with the issuing authority title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Spital o/Pyhrn' arranged in a bold arc at the top, enclosing a large central oval panel with a lace-pattern guilloche border. Within the oval, the validity date 'Giltig bis 31 März 1921' appears, followed by the redemption obligation text and an anti-counterfeiting warning. Two facsimile manuscript signatures appear below the text, identified by the printed designations 'Der Vizebürgermeister' and 'Der Bürgermeister'. The denomination '50 Fünfzig Heller 50' is displayed in large bold Gothic type across the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Spital o/Pyhrn Oberösterreich Giltig bis 31 März 1921. Die Gemeinde Spital v.P. haftet laut G.A.B. vom 19 IV. 1920 für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Die Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister 50 Fünfzig Heller 50 |
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Spital am Pyhrn is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of comparable municipalities it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — in the years following the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. The 50 Heller denomination was among the most practical for everyday small transactions, and municipal issues at this level were typically printed in short runs by local or regional printers with no standardized production controls.
The Jaksch catalogue (JPR1007Ia) distinguishes at least one variant within this issue, suggesting differences in paper stock, overprint, or serial treatment — the exact nature of which matters considerably to completists working the Austrian Notgeld series.