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50 Heller Ternberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ternberg (Municipality of Ternberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a panoramic townscape view of Ternberg, framed by the denomination and issuing authority inscribed in full around the border. The note is dated 1 April 1920 and carries the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister alongside validity and redemption notices in letterpress. Redemption obligations of the municipality are set out in a text block beneath the vignette. |
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| Reverse description | A vignette of an industrial machine, likely representative of local manufacturing activity, is surrounded by depictions of regional tools and implements. The denomination and municipal name appear alongside a text panel detailing the total authorised issue volume of 24,000 Kronen and the redemption terms. Inscriptions reference the authorising municipal council resolution dated 29 March 1920. |
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One of hundreds of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues from the postwar inflation years, the Ternberg 50 Heller belongs to a wave of emergency small-change notes produced at the local level when coin circulation collapsed after 1918. Gemeinde Ternberg, a small market town in Upper Austria, issued these notes to fill the gap left by a central monetary system under severe strain from war debt and reparations obligations.
The JPR prefix in Jaksch/Pick referencing indicates a regionally catalogued Austrian piece, reflecting the sheer volume of municipal issuers — over a thousand communities produced their own Notgeld between 1918 and 1921.