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50 Heller Weitra
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Weitra |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper stock, with a decorative frame enclosing the entire design. At upper left and right, the denomination numeral '50' appears in bold blocked cartouches, flanking the central Gothic-script heading 'Kassenschein.' To the left, a vignette presents a line-engraved view of Weitra's medieval town gate tower with the civic coat of arms below it. To the right, the text body in letterpress identifies the issuing authority, states the denomination in ornate Fraktur script as 'Fünfzig Heller,' includes a legal liability clause, gives the issue date of 7 May 1920, and bears three manuscript signatures with their respective official titles. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft |
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Weitra's 50 Heller notgeld is among the more obscure Austrian municipal emergency issues of the postwar period. Weitra itself is a small fortified town in Lower Austria's Waldviertel region, and its local administration — like hundreds of others across the former imperial territory — resorted to printing its own small-denomination paper when coin shortages made everyday commerce nearly impossible after 1918.
Local printing was the norm for these issues, and quality varied accordingly. Collector interest in Weitra notgeld has historically been modest, keeping most examples modestly valued despite genuine scarcity in top grades.