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50 Heller Wachau - Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue-grey note with vertical guilloche side panels flanking a large central oval vignette enclosed by a decorative floral and vine border. The vignette presents a line-engraved view of the medieval church and tower of Weissenkirchen an der Donau amid foliage and garden paths. Denomination '50 Heller' appears in bold Gothic type at lower left and lower right, with 'Wachauer Notgeld' and 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz' at left and 'Giltig bis 30. September 1920' at right; the place name 'Weissenkirchen a/s. Donau' is set in a rectangular cartouche at the base. Designer and printer credits read 'Entwurf: Malerin Liesl Kinzel, Wien' and 'Göuard Sieger, Wien' at the lower margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU. 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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Part of Austria's vast Notgeld wave that flooded the country between 1919 and 1922, this Wachau-region issue was produced by the Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau to address the acute small-change shortage that followed the dissolution of the Habsburg monetary system. Hundreds of Austrian municipalities issued their own emergency pfennig and heller notes during this period, but the Wachau series attracted particular collector attention even at the time of issue — they were designed as much for the souvenir trade as for actual use.
Liesl Kinzel's involvement as designer places this firmly in the artistic Notgeld tradition, where local commissions went to trained illustrators rather than commercial engravers. Printed by Göuard Sieger in Vienna.