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50 Heller Straß
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Straß (Market Municipality of Straß, Styria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld für die Marktgemeinde Straß 50 Heller Die Gemeinde haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen u. unbeweglichen Vermögen G.M. Straß am 12 Mai 1920 der Vizebgmftr. / der Bürgermeister |
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| Reverse lettering | Straßer Wein hat Geist und Feuer, Nur is er halt a bißl teuer. Doch wennst gnua solche Zett'ln hast Bist dort a gern geseh'ner Gast. Dieser Kassenschein ist unverzinslich und wird in der Zeit vom 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920 von der Gemeinde Straß in gesetzlichem Gelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld from the post-WWI paper shortage years, when hundreds of Styrian market towns issued their own small-denomination emergency money to cover the absence of circulating coin. The 1920 date places this squarely in the second wave of notgeld production, after the initial wartime issues had largely collapsed and municipalities scrambled to meet local transactional demand.
Straß in der Steiermark was a minor market commune — the fact that it issued at the 50 Heller denomination suggests practical intent rather than the collector-oriented "Serienscheine" flooding the market by 1921.