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50 Heller Stockerau
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Stockerau |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN DER STADT STOCKERAU ÜBER HELLER 50 HELLER DIE STADT STOCKERAU HAFTET FÜR DIESE VERBINDLICHKEIT MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEG-LICHEN VERMÖGEN. STOCKERAU, AM 3. DEZ. 1919 DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DER VICE-BÜRGERMEISTER DER GEMEINDERAT: |
| Reverse description | Unadorned cream paper with text printed entirely in black letterpress. The heading 'KASSENSCHEIN der Stadtgemeinde Stockerau über 50 Heller.' is set at the top in mixed type sizes. The body comprises three paragraphs of justification text explaining the issuance purpose, the total authorized amount of 100,000 Kronen, the non-interest-bearing nature of the notes, the redemption deadline of 15 August 1920, and a counterfeiting warning. |
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Stockerau's 50 Heller notgeld belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Austria in 1919–1920, driven by a crippling coin shortage in the chaotic aftermath of Habsburg dissolution. The Stadtgemeinde — the town's own municipal authority — issued these rather than any banking institution, which was common practice for smaller Lower Austrian towns scrambling to keep everyday commerce functional when central supply had broken down entirely.
The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR1038-50 places this firmly within the documented Lower Austrian series, though survival rates for Stockerau notgeld vary considerably by denomination.