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50 Heller Weissenbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Weissenbach bei Mödling |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the obverse is divided into two vignette panels within a decorative border of fine ornamental lines. The left panel presents a letterpress vignette of a rural chapel (labelled KAPELLE, dated 1779) surrounded by trees, signed by the artist R. Wild in the lower right corner. The upper right panel contains the denomination numeral '50' within a guilloche-style cartouche surmounted by floral ornaments, with 'Heller' in Gothic script below and the year '1920' on a crosshatched band. The lower right panel shows a stone archway identified as 'HOMMOCLER TOR', while the lower centre carries the issuing authority inscription in elaborate Gothic lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | JOHANNSTEIN Die Gemeinde Weißenbach übernimmt die Haftung, diesen Kassenschein bis 20. Juli 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Gemeinderats-Sitzungsbeschluß vom 10. Juni 1920. Jllich m. p., Bürgermeister. Hochkogler m. p., Vize-Bürgermeister. Klein m. p., Gemeinderat. |
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Weissenbach bei Mödling is a small municipality in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued in the years following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, when chronic coin shortages left local communities effectively printing their own small change. The Gemeinde — not a bank, not a government ministry — was the issuing authority, which is why the signatures here are those of the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a council member rather than any financial official.
The JPR1156Aa designation places it within the Jaksch/Pick Austrian Notgeld catalog, the standard reference for this material. Variety "Aa" typically distinguishes a specific paper stock or overprint state within the same issuing series.