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50 Heller Stattersdorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stattersdorf (Municipality of Stattersdorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue-green on plain paper, the note is divided into three vertical panels by ornate framed arches beneath a bold Gothic-script header reading "Kassenschein der Gemeinde Stattersdorf". The central panel carries a letterpress vignette of the local school building (labelled "SCHULE") surrounded by trees, with the issuance inscription "Stattersdorf im Juli 1920" below. The left and right panels each bear the denomination "50 Heller" in large numerals, flanked by text stating the municipality's liability and the redemption deadline of 31 December 1920, with three signature lines at the foot for the Bürgermeister and two Gemeinderäte. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream-white paper surface with no text, vignette, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Stattersdorf was a small industrial village in Lower Austria — today absorbed into Sankt Pölten — that issued its own emergency currency during the Notgeld period following Austria's post-WWI economic collapse. These municipal scrip notes were a practical response to a nationwide coin shortage so severe that individual communes, factories, and even private businesses printed their own small-denomination paper to keep local commerce moving. Three signatories on a 50 Heller note from a village this size suggests the full municipal council was involved in authorizing the issue, which was common practice for legitimizing what was legally questionable tender.