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50 Heller St. Johann am Walde
| Issuer | Gemeinde St. Johann am Walde (Municipality of St. Johann am Walde) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 21 January 1921 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey-brown tones and mirrors the obverse layout in reverse orientation; the left side repeats the octagonal denomination panel with '50' and the issuer text as a ghost image, while the right half contains a framed rectangular panel with a landscape vignette of the church amid forest and a multi-line redemption text declaring the municipality's obligation to redeem the note at face value until 21 January 1921. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde St. Johann am Walde haftet für die Verbindlichkeit dieses Scheines bis zum 21. Jänner 1921 Nichteingelöste werden Besitzer bezahlen |
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St. Johann am Walde is a small Upper Austrian community near Schärding, and like hundreds of comparable municipalities it issued Notgeld during the postwar currency chaos when small-denomination coins had effectively vanished from circulation. The 1920 dating places this squarely in the second wave of Austrian local emergency money — earlier issues from 1918–19 were driven by coin shortages, but by 1920 many municipalities had shifted to producing collectible series partly designed to generate revenue from philatelic demand.
The JPR0893b suffix indicates a variant within the St. Johann am Walde issue, most likely a color or paper distinction from the primary type.