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50 Heller Tumeltsham
| Issuer | Gemeinde Tumeltsham (Municipality of Tumeltsham, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#1085 |
| Obverse description | Violet letterpress on buff paper with a geometric Art Nouveau underprint in rose-brown. The large numeral '50' occupies the central vignette, flanked by the denomination 'Heller' in Gothic script on either side. The heading 'Gut-Schein' appears at top, with validity date and counterfeit prohibition notices in the upper corners, and the issuer name 'Gemeinde Tumeltsham, O.-Ö.' along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Unadorned buff paper with a violet letterpress chain-link border enclosing a double-ruled frame. A central text block, bordered by ruled lines, states the municipal council resolution of 16 May 1920 authorizing the emergency issue. The numeral '50' is printed between the two signatories' names and titles at the foot. |
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Tumeltsham is a village in the Ried im Innkreis district — a genuinely small community, which is precisely the point. This note is a Notgeld issue, one of thousands produced across Austria between 1919 and 1921 when the post-war collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipalities without sufficient small change. Rather than wait for a central solution, parishes, towns, and villages printed their own. Tumeltsham was no exception.
The signatures of Bürgermeister Anton Diermayr and his deputy Josef Gadringer authenticate it as a locally authorized instrument, not a privately speculative issue.