50 Heller Stein an der Donau

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.