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50 Heller Stadl-Paura
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stadl-Paura (Municipality of Stadl-Paura) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blackletter Gothic script on plain paper, enclosed within a decorative scroll-pattern border running along all four edges. The text sets out the legal authority for the issue, referencing the municipal council resolution of 6 May 1920, the total authorized issue of 50,000 Kronen, and the municipality's guarantee of redemption in lawful currency from a dedicated reserve fund, with validity stated as 1 bis 31. Dezember 1920, and the mayor's facsimile signature at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Stadl-Paura gibt auf Grund des Gemeinde- ausschuß-Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 6. Mai 1920 Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von 50.000 Kr. heraus und haftet für Einlösung in gesetzlichem Bargelde mit einer eigenen Deckungsrücklage. Einlösungszeit: 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920. Der Bürgermeister: |
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Stadl-Paura is a small Upper Austrian market town on the Traun river, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it resorted to printing its own Notgeld during the severe coin shortage that followed the First World War. The 50 Heller denomination was among the most practical for everyday transactions — small enough for routine commerce, large enough to justify the printing cost.
Austrian municipal Notgeld of this period was issued under loose provincial oversight, with designs commissioned locally and print runs rarely documented. Survival rates vary wildly by issuer.