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50 Heller Waidendorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Waidendorf (Municipality of Waidendorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue and tan bicolour note with a central circular vignette containing a portrait bust of a figure with elaborate curled hair in a historicist style, set against a fine guilloche underprint of wavy lines. The denomination '50 Heller' appears in Gothic blackletter script across the top, with the numeral '50' repeated in each corner. The left and right text panels carry the redemption obligation of the Gemeinde Waidendorf, with the expiry date '31. Dezember 1920' stated on the left; the lower margin bears two manuscript signatures above the titles 'Bürgermeister' and 'Vizebürgermeister'. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Heller Die Gemeinde Waidendorf haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Bürgermeister: Vizebürgermeister: |
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Waidendorf is a small village in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities after the First World War left the national currency in chaos and coin in short supply. Thousands of communes issued their own emergency pfennig and heller denominations between 1919 and 1921, most in tiny print runs managed by whatever local printer was available. Here, that was C. Rueiser of Amstetten, a market town roughly 20 kilometers away — close enough for the municipality to commission the work without difficulty.