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50 Heller St. Johann am Walde
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sankt Johann am Walde (Municipality of Sankt Johann am Walde) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde ST. JOHANN am Walde 1. Auflage 50 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two panels within a single rectangular border: the left panel carries the denomination '50/50' in large numerals with ghosted obverse imagery visible through the paper, while the right panel contains the full redemption text in German printed in black letterpress, including the validity date of 21 January 1921, the Bürgermeister's surname, and an anti-counterfeiting notice. |
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Sankt Johann am Walde is a small Upper Austrian village, and like hundreds of similarly modest municipalities it issued Notgeld during the postwar inflation years when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. The 50 Heller denomination sits at the practical workhorse level of these emergency issues — enough to make change, small enough that nobody hoarded it.
JPR0893a suggests this is the first catalogued variety for this issuer, implying the series is limited in scope. Austrian rural Notgeld of this period was typically printed locally in small runs, and survival rates vary enormously by village.