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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 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream stock printed in dark ink with a bold dashed rectangular border frame. The heading 'WACHAUER NOTGELD.' is set in large block capitals at the top, flanked on each side by the numeral '50'; the central field carries a lengthy obligation text in German Gothic script guaranteeing redemption, followed by the anti-counterfeiting warning 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT.' Three handwritten signature lines below are headed 'VIZEBÜRGER-MEISTER:', 'BÜRGERMEISTER:', and '1. GESCHÄFTSF. GEM.-RAT:' respectively. |
| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. 50 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HAFTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEG-LICHEN 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. VIZEBÜRGER-MEISTER: BÜRGERMEISTER: 1. GESCHÄFTSF. GEM.-RAT: |
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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.