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50 Heller Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Paul Gerin, Wien |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black on plain cream paper within a simple ruled border, bearing a full explanatory text in Gothic blackletter script stating that the Gemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau issues Kassenscheine totalling 64,000 Kronen to alleviate the small-change shortage, that they are interest-free, accepted in payment by the commune until 30 November 1920, and redeemable in legal tender from 15 to 30 November 1920, with a counterfeiting warning. The printer's imprint 'Paul Gerin, Wien, II.' appears centred at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Weißenkirchen in der Wachau Kassenscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 64.000 Kronen aus. Dieselben sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Weißenkirchen bis 30. November 1920 in Zahlung genommen und vom 15. bis 30. November 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. — Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Paul Gerin, Wien, II. |
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One of hundreds of Austrian municipal emergency notes — Notgeld — issued in the chaotic years following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, when small change simply disappeared from circulation. Weissenkirchen in der Wachau, a wine-producing market town on the Danube, issued these notes through the Marktgemeinde to keep local commerce functional during a period of acute coin shortage and rampant inflation.
Paul Gerin in Vienna was among the most prolific Notgeld printers of the period, producing runs for dozens of municipalities across Lower Austria. The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR1158Ie places this within a documented series, suggesting at least five distinct issues from this commune.