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50 Heller St. Agatha

Issuer Gemeinde Sankt Agatha (Municipality of St. Agatha bei Waizenkirchen, Upper Austria)
Year 1920
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Currency Krone (1918-1921)
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Obverse description Typeset notgeld printed in dark brown on white paper, with an outer border of repeated square ornaments. The upper left quadrant contains a boxed seven-line verse in blackletter script beginning 'Vom Feindesjoch und Thraney'; to its right, a panel bearing a small rosette vignette above the large numeral '50' and the denomination legend 'Heller' in Gothic type. Below, the issuer title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde St. Agatha b. W.' is set in large blackletter. A block of text records the municipal resolution of 11 July 1920, the total issue of 50,000 Kronen, and the redemption obligation at the Gemeindekasse by 31 December 1920; the date 'St. Agatha, am 11. Juli 1920.' and the mayor's signature line 'Der Bürgermeister: Georg Altenhofer.' appear below. A counterfeiting warning closes the face.
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Reverse description Printed in violet-blue, the reverse is framed by an Art Nouveau border of scrolling spiral ornaments with crosshatched corner panels. A central oval vignette presents a landscape view of the Fadingerweiher pond with tall trees reflected in the water and rolling hills in the background, executed in fine line illustration. Flanking the vignette are two stacked groups of overlapping '50' numeral cartouches on each side. The issuer legend 'Gutschein der Gemeinde St. Agatha.' appears in a rounded banner at the top, and the caption 'Fadingerweiher. Stätte d. Alten Fadingerhofes.' is set in a rectangular panel at the foot.
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Signature(s) Georg Altenhofer
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