Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Heller St. Thomas am Blasenstein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde St. Thomas am Blasenstein |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0938a-50 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Gutschein gültig bis 31. Dez. 1920 Bürgermeist. Fr. Ahomer St. Thomas am Blasenstein Marktgemeinde St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Ob Öst. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Fr. Ahomer (Bürgermeister) |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
St. Thomas am Blasenstein is a tiny Upper Austrian market commune perched above the Naarn valley, and its 1920 Notgeld issue reflects precisely the kind of local emergency that drove hundreds of small Austrian municipalities to print their own fractional currency after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left everyday coin denominations nearly impossible to source. E. Priegel of Steyr was a regional job printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which is worth noting when assessing print quality on surviving examples.
Bürgermeister Fr. Ahomer's manuscript or stamped signature authenticated each note at the local level — the legal weight of a commune's Notgeld rested entirely on that official endorsement.