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50 Heller St. Georgen an der Gusen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Sankt Georgen an der Gusen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0886I-50 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 50h der Markt-Gemeinde St. Georgen a. d. Gusen |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Marktgemeinde St. Georgen v. d. Gusen haftet für diesen Schein durch eine eigene Deckungsrücklage. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb vier Wochen nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung bei der Gemeinde-Kasse St. Georgen a. d. Gusen eingelöst wird. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Urfahr. Linz. St. Georgen a. d. Gusen. Steyr. K.B. 1920. |
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Sankt Georgen an der Gusen is a market town in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip printed to address the catastrophic small-coin shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg state. The Oesterreichisch-ungarische Bank's coin production had effectively ceased, and towns of every size were left to fend for themselves. Hundreds of municipalities issued their own paper in denominations nobody had bothered with before.
The JPR0886I series from this commune is modestly documented. Survival rates for small-town Austrian Notgeld vary enormously — many were cancelled and pulped once the federal coinage situation stabilized around 1921–22.