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50 Heller Steinerkirchen am Innbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Steinerkirchen am Innbach |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided Notgeld voucher printed in brown on cream paper stock, the face divided into two vertical panels within a decorative border. The left panel carries an oval vignette of the village of Steinerkirchen am Innbach, with a church steeple rising above rural buildings and trees, the town name inscribed in Gothic script on a ribbon below the vignette. The right panel presents the denomination numeral '50' in large figures above the unit 'Heller', accompanied by a justification text referencing the municipal council resolution of 20 April 1920 and bearing the facsimile signature of Bürgermeister Josef Mader. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Steinerkirchen am Innbach Heller 50 Die Gemeinde Steinerkirchen am Innbach gibt auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 20. April 1920 Gutscheine aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit zur Einlösung derselben mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen. Das Ende der Giltigkeitsdauer wird öffentlich verlautbart. Der Bürgermeister: Josef Mader |
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Steinerkirchen am Innbach is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept through Austrian communes between 1919 and 1921. With the postwar collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system leaving coinage essentially absent from daily commerce, hundreds of local governments — including the smallest rural parishes — were authorized to issue their own small-denomination emergency scrip. Josef Mader's signature identifies the local official who validated this issue, almost certainly the Bürgermeister.
These hyper-local issues were produced in tiny quantities. Most were redeemed quickly once coin circulation stabilized, which means surviving examples often show heavy handling from actual use rather than the collector hoarding that preserved many larger-town issues.