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50 Heller Wachau - St Michael
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note carries a central vignette after a design by painter Rudolf Weder of Spitz, rendered in a detailed letterpress style, showing the ruined castle of St. Michael set against a dramatic sky with flowering vegetation in the foreground. The vignette is framed by an octagonal decorative border with guilloche rosettes bearing the denomination numeral '50' at each corner. The header reads 'WACHAUER-NOTGELD' across the top, and the caption 'St. Michael' appears at the foot of the vignette panel. The right panel bears the issuer inscription in Gothic script, the denomination '50 HELLER', a circular municipal seal, and the validity date 'Giltig bis 30. Sept. 1920'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain paper with a bold dotted outer border. At the top, the heading 'WACHAUER NOTGELD.' and sub-legend 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU' are flanked by the denomination numeral '50' on each side. A block of Gothic-script text sets out the legal tender and redemption conditions of the municipality, followed by the counterfeiting warning 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT.' At the foot, three signature lines are arranged beneath the titles Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and 1. Geschäftsführender Gemeinderat, each bearing a manuscript signature. |
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One of hundreds of Austrian Notgeld issues from the postwar inflation years, but the Spitz an der Donau series stands apart for its deliberate artistic ambition. Eduard Sieger's Vienna shop printed for numerous Wachau municipalities during this period, yet the Weder-designed issues for Spitz were treated less as emergency scrip and more as collectible keepsakes — a commercial calculation that proved correct, as tourist demand for the Wachau series outstripped any genuine transactional need.
The JPR1122.09IIa suffix indicates a specific paper or color variant within the broader Spitz grouping, a distinction that matters considerably to series completists.