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50 Heller Waldzell
| Issuer | Gemeinde Waldzell (Municipality of Waldzell) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Notgeld der Gemeinde Waldzell: 50 Heller 50 Heller Die Gemeinde Waldzell haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Gutschein bis 31. Oktober 1920 in gesetzlicher Währung einzulösen. Bürgermeister Österreich zerfällt, Jede Pfarre hat ihr Geld. Wann wird man's wieder auferbaun, daß wir bess're Zeiten schau'n? |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Waldzell über Fünfzig 50 Heller |
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Waldzell is a small market commune in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal emergency money — Notgeld — issued between roughly 1919 and 1921 when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation following the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Thousands of Austrian towns and villages issued their own paper, and the Gemeinde Waldzell was one among hundreds in the Innviertel region alone.
The JPR prefix in Jaksch/Pick referencing signals a locally produced issue rather than one contracted through a commercial printer — quality and survival rates vary sharply across the series.