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50 Heller Wachau - Mitter Arnsdorf
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | Prof. Ch. Tomschik, Krems a/D |
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| Obverse description | A letterpress line-engraved landscape vignette occupies the centre, presenting the village of Mitter Arnsdorf along the Danube with a church steeple, rural buildings, terraced vineyards, and wooded hillsides. Denomination numerals '50' appear at upper left and upper right, with 'HELLER' in a banner across the top centre and decorative scrollwork with grape clusters flanking the vignette on either side. A ribbon cartouche below the scene carries the place name 'Mitten Arnsdorf', with 'WACHAUER NOTGELD' in bold Gothic lettering along the lower margin and designer and printer credits in small type at the foot. |
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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 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 hundreds of Notgeld issues flooding the Austrian market in the early 1920s, this 50 Heller from Spitz an der Donau belongs to the Wachau regional series — notes consciously designed as collectibles from the outset. The Wachau issues were among the more artistically ambitious of the Austrian municipal Notgeld, with local authorities commissioning recognizable artists rather than defaulting to stock designs. Tomschik, based in nearby Krems, gave the series a regional coherence that made it immediately attractive to the Sammlernotgeld trade.
Eduard Sieger in Vienna was a frequent printer for these small-denomination municipal issues. The JPR1122 series runs across multiple color variants and sub-types — the "IIc" designation here marks a specific plate or printing state within that sequence.