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50 Heller Weissenkirchen in der Wachau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 30 November 1920 |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde 50 Heller Weissenkirchen in der Wachau 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: |
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| Reverse lettering | Sankt Urban schütze unsern Wein, Sankt Ulrich hilf dem Säufer, Doch, Sankt Johannes, halte ein, Sei hier zu Land kein Täufer! Just. 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. |
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Weissenkirchen in der Wachau issued this Heller note as part of Austria's extraordinary Notgeld phenomenon — the vast, decentralized emergency coinage and currency program that saw thousands of municipalities print their own paper between roughly 1919 and 1921, filling the vacuum left by the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system and a severe shortage of small change.
Many Wachau-region issues were printed in deliberately collectible series, sold to philatelists as much as circulated. Whether this 50 Heller was genuinely used or issued primarily for the collector trade is the real question for any prospective buyer.