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50 Heller Wachau - Ranna-Mühldorf
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz a.d. Donau (Market Town of Spitz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The left panel carries the denomination inscription 'Gutschein über 50 Heller' in Gothic blackletter script within a plain rectangular frame, with the validity clause 'Gillig bis 30. September 1920' below. The right portion is occupied by a large letterpress vignette of Schloss Ranna-Mühldorf, rendered in a fine landscape etching style showing the hilltop castle amid wooded terrain with a blossoming tree in the foreground. The header reads 'Wachauer Notgeld' in ornate Gothic script, with 'Schloss Ranna-Mühldorf' inscribed in a banner along the lower border; designer and printer credits appear in small type at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Wachauer Notgeld. Gutschein über 50 Heller Gillig bis 30. September 1920 SCHLOSS RANNA-MÜHLDORF ENTW. MALER RUD. WEBER SPITZ A/D EDUARD SIEGER WIEN |
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This note belongs to the Wachau notgeld series — one of the most deliberately artistic emergency currency programs of the postwar Austrian inflation period. The Wachau villages coordinated a regional aesthetic approach, commissioning local artists rather than commercial illustrators, which gives these small-denomination pieces an unusually coherent folk-art character. Rudolf Weber was based in Spitz itself, which shows in the intimacy of the work.
Eduard Sieger in Vienna handled a substantial volume of municipal notgeld printing in 1920–21, and the quality of registration on these runs is generally reliable. The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR1122.07IIa places this within the second series for Spitz.