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50 Heller Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red and black on white paper, divided into three vertical panels. The denomination '50 Heller' appears in large red numerals within ruled panels at left and right. The central vignette presents a pen-and-ink style illustration of the parish church of Weissenkirchen set among terraced vineyards. The upper margin carries the Gothic-script heading 'Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde', while the lower margin bears the issuer's name 'Weissenkirchen in der Wachau'; the lower-left panel contains the liability text and the lower-right panel bears the date, place, and manuscript 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 Vermögens 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 emergency small change — Notgeld — after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left a vacuum that the new Austrian state could not immediately fill. The Paul Gerin firm in Vienna handled an enormous volume of this communal printing work in the early 1920s, producing issues for villages across Lower Austria that often differed only in the imprint.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1158Ia designates the 50 Heller as part of a recognized local series, suggesting at least one companion denomination was issued under the same authorization.