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50 Heller Steyr, brown issue
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Steyr (City of Steyr) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN FÜR FÜNFZIG HELLER Die Stadtgemeinde Steyr haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen und hat dafür eine eigene Deckungsrücklage bestellt. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Gültig bis 31. März 1921. |
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| Reverse lettering | STADT 50 HELLER STEYR |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type was issued under economic conditions that made even small-denomination coinage practically unavailable — the postwar metal shortage had emptied local circulation of anything useful for everyday transactions. Steyr, an industrial city in Upper Austria with a long history in metalworking and arms manufacture, was among hundreds of municipalities that printed their own fractional scrip between 1919 and 1921 to fill the gap the central government couldn't.
The brown-ink designation distinguishes this from other color variants in the Steyr 50 Heller series, which were issued concurrently to discourage forgery through simple visual differentiation.