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50 Heller Traiskirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Traiskirchen (Market Town of Traiskirchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on white paper with a violet ghost impression of the obverse design showing through as a see-through underprint. The central text, set in Gothic blackletter script, states the redemption terms and bears an anti-counterfeiting warning in a smaller line below. The printer's imprint appears at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Traiskirchen löst diese Kassenscheine in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Mai 1921 in gesetzlichem Bargelde ein. Jede Nachahmung wird bestraft. M. SALZER IN WIEN. |
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Traiskirchen's 50 Heller Notgeld was issued in 1920, well into the postwar emergency currency wave that swept Austrian municipalities after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. With the Austro-Hungarian Krone in freefall and central coin supplies nonexistent, thousands of small towns and market communes printed their own fractional notes to keep local commerce moving. M. Salzer in Vienna was one of the more prolific printers serving this demand, producing runs for dozens of Lower Austrian communities during this period.
The Marktgemeinde status of Traiskirchen — a market town rather than a full city — meant its Notgeld issues were small in both quantity and geographic reach, intended purely for hyperlocal retail use.