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50 Heller Weissenkirchen bei Frankenmarkt
| Issuer | Gemeinde Weissenkirchen bei Frankenmarkt (Municipality of Weissenkirchen bei Frankenmarkt) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet on pale paper within a decorative rectangular border with denomination numerals '50' at each corner, the centre vignette presents a standing figure of Saint Margaret (St. Margarita) with halo and cross, standing atop a dragon amid stylised foliage. The denomination 'Fünfzig 50 Heller' appears in large type to the left, with the issuing authority text and a redemption notice signed by Bürgermeister Joh. Lanzenweger to the right. The lower margin carries the inscription 'St. Margarita am Walde.' |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Weissenkirchen bei Frankenmarkt O.Ö. Fünfzig 50 Heller St. Margarita am Walde. Die Gemeinde Weissenkirchen haftet lt. Beschluss v. 19/5.1920 für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein bis 31/12.1920 in ges. Bargelde einzulösen. Joh. Lanzenweger, Bürgermeister |
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Weissenkirchen bei Frankenmarkt is a small market commune in Upper Austria, and this 50 Heller note is one of thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues produced between 1919 and 1922 when the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left rural municipalities scrambling to manufacture their own small-denomination emergency currency. The central government simply could not produce coin fast enough to meet everyday transactional needs in villages of this size.
The Jaksc catalog reference places this within the documented Upper Austrian municipal series. Survival rates for rural Heller Notgeld vary sharply — many were redeemed and pulped, while others were hoarded by contemporary collectors, which is why condition ranges so widely across the same issue.