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50 Heller Vöcklabruck
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Vöcklabruck |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour Notgeld issue printed in olive-green and blue tones, divided into three vignette panels within a decorative border. The left panel presents a historical scene of a mounted figure with inscription 'ALBERTUS RUDOLFUS PATER FILIUS' above a fortified wall; the central panel bears the octagonal municipal coat of arms of Vöcklabruck — an eagle above red and white vertical stripes — surmounting the large denomination numerals '50' and the legend 'FÜNFZIG HELLER'; the right panel shows a letterpress vignette of the city's distinctive clock tower. Below, the issuer name 'Stadtgemeinde Vöcklabruck' is set in bold Gothic script, followed by the date 'Vöcklabruck, 17. März 1920' and the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Die Stadtgemeinde Vöcklabruck gibt auf Grund des Sitzungsbeschlusses vom 29. Nov. 1919 Gutscheine aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit Zur Einlösung derselben mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen, das Ende der Gültigkeitsdauer wird öffentlich verlautbart werden. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. E. PRIETZEL STEYR |
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Vöcklabruck is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is one of the thousands of Notgeld issues that flooded Austria between 1919 and 1921 when coin shortages made small-denomination exchange nearly impossible. The municipal authority — not a bank — was the issuing body, which was entirely normal for the period. E. Prietzel in Steyr handled a considerable volume of regional Notgeld printing during these years, supplying numerous Upper Austrian municipalities.
The Jaksc/Pick suffix "IIb" indicates a distinct variety within the series, likely differing in paper stock, ink shade, or a minor typographic detail from the "IIa" issue.