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50 Heller Wachau - Mitter Arnsdorf)
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out in a plain typeset style within a dotted rectangular border. A header panel carries the inscriptions 'WACHAUER NOTGELD' and 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU', flanked on each side by the denomination '50'. Below, a block of Gothic text sets out the legal redemption obligations of the Marktgemeinde Spitz a./D., concluding with the anti-counterfeiting warning 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT'. Three signature lines for the Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and 1. Geschäftsführender Gemeinderat appear at the foot, each bearing a manuscript signature. |
| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU. DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HASTET 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. VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER: BÜRGERMEISTER: I. GESCHÄFTSF. GEM.-RAT: |
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One of hundreds of Notgeld issues that flooded rural Austria in the postwar years, this Wachau series note from Spitz an der Donau was printed by Conrad Sieger in nearby Krems — a local press serving local need, which gives the production a coherence unusual among emergency issues that often went abroad for printing. The designer credit reading "Prof. G. Tomschik" points to Gustav Tomschik, a Viennese artist associated with decorative work of the period, though his involvement in provincial Notgeld commissions was not uncommon.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JJPR1122.06IId places this firmly in the documented Wachau collector series — notes that were issued as much for philatelic sale as for actual small-change use, a common dual purpose by 1920.