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50 Heller Traisen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Traisen (Municipality of Traisen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Gemeinde Traisen DURCH ARBEIT ZUR WOHLFAHRT! Wird innerhalb 14 Tagen nach erfolgter Kundmachung eingelöst (Translation: Voucher Community of Traisen THROUGH WORK TO WELFARE! Will be issued within 14 days after the announcement) |
| Reverse description | Printed on a violet-purple ground, the reverse is framed by a classical architectural motif with two flanking columns supporting an entablature inscribed "50 NOTGELD 50" in decorative lettering. A central circular vignette encloses a winged dragon exhaling flames, rendered in fine letterpress line work. The lower register carries the issuer name "GEMEINDE TRAISEN" flanking a manuscript mayoral signature above the caption "DER BÜRGERMEISTER:", with the designer's credit "K. BOHM 1920" at lower right. |
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Traisen is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld emergency — the municipal currency phenomenon that swept German-speaking Austria and Germany between roughly 1918 and 1922 when the postwar collapse of central monetary authority left local governments scrambling to fill a coin shortage with their own printed scrip. Most Gemeinde issues of this type were printed in very small runs, redeemed quickly, and survive today largely because collectors drove a secondary market even at the time of issue.
The watermark security feature is uncommon at this denomination level for rural Austrian Notgeld — most comparable issues used plain stock.