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50 Heller St. Johann in Tirol
| Issuer | Gemeinde St. Johann in Tirol (Municipality of St. Johann in Tyrol) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Tirol deutsch und ungeteilt! Tirol den Tirolern! R. WINTERSTELLER 1809 St. Johann i. Tirol. 4. AUFLAGE (Translation: Tyrol German and undivided! Tyrol the Tyroleans! / R. Wintersteller 1809 / St. Johann in Tyrol. / 4th Edition) |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde St. Johann in Tirol haftet für die Einlösung dieses Kassenscheines über Fünfzig Heller bis 28. Feber 1921. Nachdruck verboten. Der Bürgermeister: Josef Hofinger WAGNER, INNSBRUCK. (Translation: The community of St. Johann in Tyrol is liable for the redemption of this cashier's note for fifty Heller until 28 February 1921. Reproduction prohibited. / The Mayor: Josef Hofinger) |
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St. Johann in Tirol issued its own emergency small change notes — Notgeld — during the coin shortage that gripped Austria following the First World War. Municipal authorities across Tyrol turned to local printers rather than waiting on Vienna, which is why the Wagner imprint from Innsbruck appears on so many pieces from this region. Josef Hofinger's signature as Bürgermeister gives the note its official standing, thin as that authority was in purely monetary terms.
The paper is prone to edge splitting along the short axis, a known weakness in Wagner's lighter-weight stock from this period.