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50 Heller Stein an der Donau
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Stein an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Notgeld der Stadt Stein a.d.D. Die Gemeinde Stein a.d.D. hastet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Stein a.d.D., am 9. April 1920 Vizebürgermeister: Bürgermeister: gf. Gemeinderat: |
| Reverse description | Plain cream reverse bearing a single ruled rectangular frame enclosing a full-text block in Gothic Fraktur script setting out the purpose and redemption conditions of the Kassenschein. Outside the frame below, the denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' is set in large decorative Gothic type, with the printer's imprint 'J. Faber in Krems' in small roman type beneath. |
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Stein an der Donau — now administratively merged with Krems — issued this 50 Heller note as part of the Austrian Notgeld wave that flooded the country between 1919 and 1922, when chronic small-coin shortages forced municipalities to print their own emergency currency. The printer, J. Faber of Krems, was the logical choice given Stein's immediate proximity to that city; the two towns share a border, effectively one continuous settlement along the Danube.
L. Kiegel's design credit is uncommon enough to be worth noting — most provincial Notgeld of this period went unsigned or credited the printer alone.