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50 Heller St. Leonhard am Forst und Ruprechtshofen
| Issuer | Municipalities of Sankt Leonhard am Forst and Ruprechtshofen (Federal State of Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | Cream-toned notgeld on a lined underprint, with the same layout of '50 HELLER' oval cartouches at top and bottom corners and the Gothic 'Gutschein' heading at the top centre. The central oval vignette, executed in detailed line engraving, presents a horse-drawn hay cart being loaded in a field, with the village of Ruprechtshofen — its church tower prominent — visible in the right background. Wayside shrine figures in the local Baroque tradition are illustrated in the left and right margins in place of the vegetal motifs found on the obverse. |
| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN 50 HELLER DER GEMEINDE RUPRECHTSHOFEN. NUR GÜLTIG BIS 30. SEPT. 1920. UND DER GEMEINDE ST. LEONHARD a/FORST. NUR GÜLTIG BIS 30. SEPT. 1920. DIE GEMEINDEN LÖSEN DIE SCHEINE VOM 15. BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 EIN DER VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER: DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DER GESCHÄFTSFÜHRENDE GEMEINDERAT: DRUCK RUDOLF u. FRITZ RADINGER, SCHEIBS. ENTWURF HANS ROHN. |
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This 50 Heller note is a product of the Austrian Notgeld wave that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system — small municipalities across Lower Austria were forced to print their own emergency currency simply to keep local commerce moving while the central government scrambled to stabilize the Krone. The joint issuance by two neighboring communes, Sankt Leonhard am Forst and Ruprechtshofen, was a practical arrangement: splitting printing costs with a nearby parish was cheaper than contracting separately. Rudolf u. Fritz Radinger in Scheibbs was one of the regional printers that absorbed this sudden demand from municipalities with no prior experience commissioning currency.