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50 Heller Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and black on plain paper, with a central vignette of a courtyard scene in Weissenkirchen showing a bare-branched tree, arched stonework, and village rooftops rendered in a fine line-art style. The denomination '50 Heller' appears in large Gothic blackletter numerals in the upper-left and upper-right panels against a red cross-hatched underprint. Two text blocks flank the central vignette: the left bearing the municipal liability clause and the right carrying the place, date of issue, and three facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and Gemeinderat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde 50 Heller Die Gemeinde Weissenkirchen i. d. W. haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Weissenkirchen i. d. W. am 15. April 1920 Der Bürgermeister Der Vizebürgermeister Der Gemeinderat Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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Weissenkirchen in der Wachau was one of hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to print their own small-denomination emergency money — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left a severe shortage of low-value coinage. The Paul Gerin firm in Vienna handled an enormous volume of these municipal commissions in the immediate postwar years, which accounts for the relatively professional finish compared to some cruder provincial issues.
The Jaksch/Pick JPR1158 series for Weissenkirchen encompasses multiple denominations and design variants; the "d" suffix here places this among the later printings within that sequence.