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50 Heller Wachau - St. Michael
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau (Market Town of Spitz on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Wachauer Notgeld St. Michael. Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. D. Gültig bis 30. September 1920. 50 Heller |
| Reverse description | Plain buff paper reverse printed in black, with denomination panels '50 Heller' flanking the issuer heading 'Wachauer Notgeld / Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. D.' in Gothic script at top. A decorative interlaced ornament divides the header from the legal text block, which states the non-interest-bearing guarantee and redemption terms. Edition notation '1. Ausgabe. 3. Auflage.' appears centrally, and three manuscript signatures below the printed titles of Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and 1. geschäftsf. G.-Rat are present, with a circular official cancellation stamp in violet. |
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Austrian Notgeld at its most regionally assertive. The Wachau communities issued their own emergency currency in 1920 not from financial desperation alone but from a conscious effort to promote the wine-growing region as a tourist destination — an unusual motive for a municipal scrip series. Spitz an der Donau, a small market town on the south bank between Melk and Krems, participated in this coordinated regional issue alongside several neighboring communes.
The Jaksch catalog (often cited as Jaksc in dealer shorthand) is the primary reference for Austrian Notgeld; Pick cross-references are secondary. Wachau Notgeld from this period is heavily collected as a thematic set, which has kept even circulated examples in steady demand.