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50 Heller St. Wolfgang
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Sankt Wolfgang |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette rendered in warm earth tones presents a panoramic view of Sankt Wolfgang, with the distinctive bell tower of the parish church rising above the lakeside village against a cloudy sky and steep hillside backdrop. The decorative border in dark brown incorporates the denomination numeral '50' at each corner and the word 'Heller' along the vertical sides in rotated Gothic script. At the bottom, the issuing authority inscription is set in a red and brown panel, with the designer and printer credits printed in small red type at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in a more vivid colour palette presents the Pilgrimage Church of Sankt Wolfgang am Wolfgangsee surrounded by dense foliage, with a large stylised sun disc radiating concentric arcs behind the tower against a blue sky. Below the vignette, a text panel in Gothic blackletter script carries the legal tender declaration, the expiry date, and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature, flanked by large '50' denomination numerals. The heading '3. Auflage' (third issue) appears at the top in bold serif type, and the designer and printer credits are repeated at the lower margin. |
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Sankt Wolfgang am Wolfgangsee issued this Notgeld note during the Austrian postwar small-change crisis, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left rural municipalities printing their own fractional currency out of practical necessity. The Marktgemeinde series from this lakeside Salzkammergut town is among the more locally specific Austrian Notgeld issues — Kiesel of Salzburg was a regional printer who handled a number of these municipal commissions in the early 1920s, working with local designers rather than the larger Vienna-based firms.
Reisenbichler's involvement keeps the design firmly rooted in regional artistic production rather than the mass-market Notgeld aesthetic churned out by Leipzig printers for tourist-oriented issues.