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50 Heller Wachau - Dürnstein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz a.d. Donau (Market Town of Spitz on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette rendered in fine line engraving presents the townscape of Dürnstein an der Donau, with the characteristic Baroque church tower and monastery complex in the middle ground and the ruined hilltop castle above, set against a mountainous backdrop with the Danube visible in the foreground. Denomination '50 HELLER' appears in large numerals within ornate circular cartouches at each corner, framed by a radiating sunburst guilloche underprint. The issuer title 'WACHAUER-NOTGELD' runs along the top border, 'DÜRNSTEIN a.d. DONAU' along the lower border, with printer credits for Em. Durst and Eduard Sieger in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | WACHAUER-NOTGELD 50 HELLER DÜRNSTEIN a.d. DONAU EM. DURST PROP. KAMPAS, MÖDLING EDUARD SIEGER, WIEN |
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One of thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues printed during the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system, this Spitz note belongs to a distinct regional subset: the Wachau series, which grouped Spitz together with the adjacent village of Dürnstein rather than issuing under the municipality name alone. Eduard Sieger, a Viennese commercial printer and designer, produced the artwork in-house — an unusual consolidation of design and print under one firm, more common in smaller Notgeld contracts than in major state issues.
The 1920 date places this in the second wave of Austrian community currency, after the initial 1919 emergency emissions had already worn thin in circulation.