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50 Heller Thanstetten
| Issuer | Gemeinde Thanstetten (Municipality of Thanstetten) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on plain cream paper in black letterpress, the obverse is dominated by a large script heading 'Gutschein' within a dotted rectangular frame flanked by two ornamental circular vignettes with floral rosette motifs. Below, the issuer's name 'der Gemeinde Thanstetten' appears in italic script above the denomination 'fünfzig 50 Heller' rendered in bold decorative lettering with the numeral '50' in an outlined style. The lower portion carries a three-line obligation text in German script affirming the municipality's liability, followed by three manuscript signatures above the printed titles of Gemeindevorstand, Bürgermeister, and Vizebürgermeister. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Thanstetten über fünfzig 50 Heller Die Gemeinde Thanstetten haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen mit ihrem gesamten Gemeinde-Vermögen. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft! 1. Gemeindevorstand: Der Bürgermeister: Vize-Bürgermeister: |
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Austrian municipal notgeld from the early 1920s occupies a peculiar niche: legally questionable small change issued by local authorities to fill the vacuum left by hoarded or absent state coinage. Thanstetten, a small Lower Austrian village, was among hundreds of municipalities that printed their own fractional currency during this period, largely because the central government could not supply adequate coin.
The Jaksc catalog — the specialist reference for Austrian notgeld — assigns this the JPR1068-50 designation, confirming it as a documented local issue rather than an obscure ephemeral piece. Collector demand for rural Austrian notgeld has remained steady precisely because most saw genuine use and survived in low numbers.