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50 Heller St. Georgen an der Leys
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sankt Georgen an der Leys (Municipality of Sankt Georgen an der Leys) |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Heller 50 Heller Gutschein der Gemeinde St. Georgen a. d. Leys giltig bis 28. Februar 1921. Die Gemeinde St. Georgen a. d. Leys löst diesen Schein vom 15. bis 28. Februar 1921 ein. Alois Schweighofer, Vizebürgermeister Anton Prenninger, Bürgermeister Ig. Kreil, Gemeinderat August Schachinger, Gemeinderat |
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| Signature(s) | Alois Schweighofer (Vizebürgermeister), Anton Prenninger (Bürgermeister), Ig. Kreil (Gemeinderat) and August Schachinger (Gemeinderat) |
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Sankt Georgen an der Leys is a small Lower Austrian municipality, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued during and after the First World War, when small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation almost entirely due to hoarding and metal requisitioning. Four local officials signed the note — the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and two Gemeinderäte — which was typical for municipal guarantees of this kind, establishing collective civic accountability for redemption.
The JPR0887a designation places it within Jaksch's Austrian Notgeld corpus. Survivorship is largely a function of how many were redeemed versus retained as curiosities, and rural Gemeinden like this one often printed in very small quantities.