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50 Heller Viechtwang
| Issuer | Gemeinde Viechtwang (Municipality of Viechtwang) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark olive-green, the reverse is dominated by a large central oval vignette enclosing a panoramic view of the Viechtwang village, with a prominent church tower rising above the rooftops of rural buildings, backed by wooded hills and a mountain skyline rendered in fine line engraving. The oval is flanked at each upper corner by circular cartouches bearing the numeral '20,' and at each lower corner by circular cartouches inscribed 'Heller' in Gothic script. Small architectural vignettes of Alpine farmhouses appear in the left and right lateral margins. Engraver's signatures appear in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 20 Heller Heller |
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Viechtwang is a small village in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly modest municipalities, it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The 50 Heller denomination sits at the practical midpoint of everyday small transactions, the kind of change that had effectively vanished from circulation by 1920.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1109-50.3 indicates a third type variant within the 50 Heller series for this issuer — suggesting Viechtwang printed at least three distinct versions, which is notably active output for a community of its size.