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50 Heller Wachau - Aggstein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note carries a finely etched intaglio vignette of Ruine Aggstein, the medieval castle ruin set dramatically atop a rocky promontory above a wooded riverbank, captioned 'Ruine Aggstein' in italics below. To the right, the Gothic-script title 'Wachauer Notgeld' appears within a ruled cartouche, flanked by decorative vine and grape-leaf border ornaments. The denomination 'Fünfzig Heller' and large numeral '50' are centrally placed, with the validity date, designer credit, and anti-counterfeiting warning in smaller letterpress text beneath. |
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| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU. 50 50 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HAFTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT, DIESEN SCHEIN BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 IN ZAHLUNG ZU NEHMEN UND IN DER ZEIT VOM 15. BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 GEGEN PERSÖNLICHE VORWEISUNG BEI DER GEMEINDEKASSE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN. NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT. VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER: BÜRGERMEISTER: 1. GESCHÄFTSF. GEM.-RAT: |
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Spitz an der Donau was one of hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced into emergency currency production after the postwar collapse of centralized monetary supply left small communities without enough small-denomination notes to conduct daily trade. The Wachau series from this area is among the more visually ambitious of the Notgeld issues — Eduard Sieger's Vienna workshop handled a significant volume of these regional commissions, and Walter Prinzl's involvement as both designer and engraver on this piece is relatively uncommon; the two roles were frequently split between different hands.
The Aggstein designation ties this note to the ruined hilltop castle above the Danube, a recognizable landmark used to distinguish local Wachau issues by geography.