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50 Heller Wachau - Spitz an der Donau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der 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 | The reverse is printed in dark ink on plain paper within a dotted rectangular border with square corner ornaments. The upper section carries the issuer designation 'WACHAUER NOTGELD. / GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE / SPITZ AN DER DONAU.' in bold gothic lettering flanked on each side by the numeral '50'. A multi-line legal text in gothic script below sets out the Marktgemeinde's liability for redemption of the voucher and its counterfeiting warning, with three manuscript signatures across the lower portion beneath their respective office titles and the edition designation 'II.AUSGABE, II.AUFLAGE' at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU. 50 50 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HAFTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN 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: II.AUSGABE, II.AUFLAGE |
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Spitz an der Donau was among hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg Empire left the new republic with a chronic coin shortage that persisted well into the early 1920s. These locally issued Heller notes were technically obligations of the issuing municipality, redeemable in theory but often simply spent into oblivion as small change.
Rudolf Weber designed several Wachau-region Notgeld issues during this period, and the Spitz series is among the more collected for its regional character. Björg Rieger's engraving work on this issue is less commonly documented than Weber's contribution.