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50 Heller Stefanshart
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stefanshart (Municipality of Stefanshart) |
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| Year | 1920-1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on plain cream paper in a typographic letterpress style, with the denomination '50 Heller' set in bold blackletter type within ruled rectangular panels at each upper corner. The centre carries the heading 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Stefanshart, Bezirk Amstetten, N.-Ö.' in blackletter script, followed by a decorative chain ornament and a four-line redemption text in German gothic type. Three facsimile signatures with official titles appear in the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Heller Gutschein der Gemeinde Stefanshart Bezirk Amstetten, N.=Ö. Die Gemeinde Stefanshart gibt Gutscheine zu 10, 20 u. 50 Heller aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diese Scheine bis 30. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. — Nachahmung wird bestraft. Josef Schweighofer, Vicebürgermeister. Karl Brandstetter, Bürgermeister. Franz Eblinger, Gemeinderat. |
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Stefanshart is a small rural municipality in Lower Austria, and this note is a product of the Notgeld emergency — the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War and the dissolution of the Habsburg economy. Thousands of Austrian municipalities issued their own small-denomination paper in 1920 and 1921 to fill the gap left by hoarded and melted coinage. Stefanshart's example is among the more obscure of these issues, signed by three local officials including the vice-mayor and a town councillor.
The three-signature authentication format was common in Lower Austrian municipal Notgeld and served as a hedge against forgery in communities where the issuing authority had no formal banking infrastructure.