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50 Heller St. Martin am Ybbsfelde und Karlsbach
| Issuer | Municipalities of Sankt Martin am Ybbsfelde and Karlsbach (Federal State of Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Olive-green and red reverse with a bold Gothic blackletter header reading 'Die Gemeinden St. Martin a. J. und Karlsbach', followed by a two-column text block citing the municipal council resolution of 30 May 1920 authorising the Notgeld issue and pledging redemption against the full assets of both communities. A central rectangular vignette with a chequered border presents a line-drawn view of a ruined castle or fortification. The validity period 'Giltig bis 31. 12. 1920' is set in red flanking the vignette, with 'Einlösung bis 31. Dez. 1920' below it, and the denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' in large red type at the foot flanked by two diamond-shaped '50' cartouches. An anti-counterfeiting legend 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT' curves around the lower edge of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinden St. Martin a. J. und Karlsbach geben auf Grund der Gemeindeausschuß-sitzungsbeschlüsse v. 30. 5. 1920 Notgeld aus u. haften für die Einlösung mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen. Giltig bis 31. 12. 1920 Einlösung bis 31. Dez. 1920. NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT Fünfzig Heller 50 |
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A joint issue between two small Lower Austrian communities — an arrangement born of postwar necessity, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left village councils scrambling to cover the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. The Gemeinden of Sankt Martin am Ybbsfelde and Karlsbach pooled their authority to produce this Heller note through C. Queiser in nearby Amstetten, one of the minor regional printers active in the Notgeld surge of 1920.
The Jaksc catalogue reference places it firmly in the Austrian municipal emergency money classification. Quantities issued for joint-community Heller notes of this type were typically small, and redemption rates were unpredictable — many were simply kept as curiosities rather than returned for cancellation.