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50 Heller Weissenstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Weissenstein an der Drau (Municipality of Weissenstein on the Drau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde Weissenstein a. d. Kärnten. Fünfzig Heller Nachahmungsverbot. Giltig bis 30. 10. 1920. Der 1. Gemeinderat: Der Bürgermeister |
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| Signature(s) | Hackner and Hans Buenfind |
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Weissenstein an der Drau is a small Carinthian municipality, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept rural Austria after the First World War — local authorities printing small-denomination emergency scrip to compensate for a near-total collapse in coin circulation. The Klagenfurt printer Gutenberghaus handled a significant volume of Carinthian municipal issues during this period, making them a de facto regional clearing house for the genre.
W. Benedikt's designer credit is worth noting; named local designers on Notgeld of this scale are less common than generic or anonymous plate work.