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50 Heller Stiftung
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stiftung bei Leonfelden |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper, the obverse carries a header panel inscribed 'Gemeinde Stiftung bei Leonfelden.' above a central arched vignette of a rural ploughing scene with two horses, a ploughman, and a standing figure in a field. Flanking the arch are two narrow vertical panels, each enclosing an allegorical figure with agricultural implements, while the denomination '50' appears in solid blue squares at the lower left and lower right corners. The validity legend 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1920.' is printed in a ruled panel along the lower margin, and the denomination 'Fünfzig 50 Heller' is set in bold Gothic script across the upper portion of the arch. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Stiftung bei Leonfelden. Fünfzig 50 Heller GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1920. |
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Stiftung bei Leonfelden is a small rural commune in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921 when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from everyday commerce. Municipalities, businesses, and civic bodies across Austria printed their own emergency scrip rather than wait for Vienna to solve the coin shortage — at its peak, thousands of distinct issues were circulating simultaneously across the country.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1037a places this firmly in the documented local authority series, though Stiftung issues are uncommon enough that population data remains thin.