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50 Heller St. Marienkirchen an der Polsenz
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sankt Marienkirchen an der Polsenz (Municipality of St. Marienkirchen an der Polsenz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a decorative border of stylised floral and geometric motifs in black letterpress, enclosing a central text block in German blackletter script. The body of the note sets out the municipal guarantee text dated 20 June 1920, stating that the note is redeemable at the communal office within two weeks of public notice, followed by a counterfeiting warning. The Mayor's facsimile signature appears at the foot over the printed title 'Der Bürgermeister'. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN der Gemeinde ST. MARIENKIRCHEN a.d. Polsenz 50 HELLER |
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St. Marienkirchen an der Polsenz is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian communes between 1919 and 1921. The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system after 1918 left local governments scrambling to fill a genuine small-change vacuum — not as a collector exercise, but out of practical necessity. Gemeinde-level issues like this one were legally tolerated rather than formally authorized, operating in a grey zone that the new Austrian state quietly permitted while it stabilized the Krone.
The Jaksc reference places it firmly in the documented Upper Austrian municipal series. Survivorship is almost entirely a function of collector pull from the period — most circulated examples were redeemed or discarded.