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50 Heller Viechtwang
| Issuer | Gemeinde Viechtwang (Municipality of Viechtwang) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on green paper, the obverse is framed by a decorative border of interlaced geometric and foliate ornament, with square cartouches at each corner enclosing circular rosette devices. The denomination numeral '50' appears in bold block letters within rectangular panels at left and right. The issuer's name 'Gemeinde Viechtwang' is inscribed at the top in Gothic Fraktur script, above a text block in German stating the municipality's authorization to issue vouchers up to 50,000 Kronen per council resolution of 6 April 1920, redeemable against legal tender until 31 March 1921. Below the text block appear three facsimile signatures under the titles 'Der Vizebürgermeister,' 'Der Bürgermeister,' and 'Der Vizebürgermeister,' with the denomination '50 Heller' in large display type at the foot, followed by the anti-counterfeiting warning 'Nachahmung wird bestraft!' |
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| 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.