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50 Heller Türnitz
| Issuer | Gemeinde Türnitz (Municipality of Türnitz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Türnitz unter Haftung der Gemeinde Einlösungstermin 31. Dezember 1920 50 Heller Der Obmann der Finanzkommission Der Bürgermeister Der Vizebürgermeister |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting plain unadorned paper with a uniform buff-tan tone, consistent with the economical production methods characteristic of Austrian municipal Notgeld of the early 1920s. |
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Türnitz is a small paper-mill village in Lower Austria, and its Notgeld issues of 1920 reflect exactly the kind of hyperlocal emergency coinage that proliferated across Austria after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left rural municipalities starved of small change. The Gemeinde issued these notes under the same legal framework that empowered hundreds of Austrian towns to produce their own interim currency between 1919 and 1921.
Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1086 covers the full Türnitz Notgeld set. The 50 Heller is among the more commonly encountered denominations from this municipality, though survival in undamaged condition is inconsistent given the low-grade paper stock typical of village-issued Austrian Notgeld.