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50 Heller Thomasroith
| Issuer | Bergarbeiter-Konsum-Verein Thomasroith r. G. m. b. H. |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 80 × 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | Two miners in traditional dress stand facing inward on either side of a central vignette, each holding the frame of a blank cartouche bearing a crossed-hammer mining emblem at top and the miner's greeting 'Glück Auf' with the verse 'Tief in der Erde Schoß / Ward uns ein ernstes Los.' Denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner within circular devices. The bottom panel carries the denomination inscription 'Fünfzig - Heller.' in letterpress type flanked by floral ornaments. |
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| Signature(s) | Ing. Rud. Hirschinger, Josef Prucha and Jos. Kaltofen |
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Thomasroith was a coal-mining settlement in Upper Austria, and this note was issued not by a municipal authority but by the workers' consumer cooperative attached to the mine itself — the Bergarbeiter-Konsum-Verein, a miners' purchasing association operating on a cooperative model. These notgeld pieces functioned as internal scrip, redeemable at the cooperative's own store, effectively tying miners' purchasing power to a single company-controlled outlet. The three signatories — an engineer and two administrators — reflect the organizational structure typical of such industrial co-ops.