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50 Heller Weisskirchen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Weisskirchen (Municipality of Weißkirchen an der Traun) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured note with a thin decorative border incorporating stylised foliate corner ornaments in violet. The denomination numeral '50' appears in large violet type within circular vignettes at upper left and right. Central text in Gothic blackletter script states the issuing authority and validity clause, with the mayor's facsimile signature 'Jof. Thallinger' below the title 'Der Bürgermeister'. A single-line anti-counterfeiting notice runs along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Weisskirchen 50 Fünfzig Heller |
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Weißkirchen an der Traun is a small Upper Austrian market town, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that followed Austria's post-WWI monetary chaos — municipalities printing their own emergency scrip because the central government simply could not supply adequate small change. The Gemeinde issues of 1920 were technically valid only locally and for a limited redemption window, after which most were surrendered or destroyed.
Survival rates for small-town Austrian Notgeld vary wildly, and rural Upper Austrian issues like Weißkirchen tend to be underrepresented in collections compared to the more aggressively produced tourist-aimed Notgeld from Salzburg or Tyrol.