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50 Heller Weitra
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Weitra |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on a light green underprint composed of a wavy guilloche pattern covering the entire field. A central rectangular vignette presents a panoramic landscape view of Weitra, with the hilltop castle and the town's church spire visible against an open sky. The vignette is enclosed within a scalloped decorative frame, with denomination numeral '50' appearing at the top, bottom, left, and right positions around the frame. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Weitra, in Lower Austria's Waldviertel, was among hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to issue their own emergency scrip after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small-denomination coins virtually absent from circulation. These Notgeld issues were an administrative headache born of necessity — the central government couldn't keep up with demand for low-value coinage in the chaotic postwar years, so towns handled it themselves.
Three signatories authenticate this note: a Gemeinderot, the Vizebürgermeister, and a third official — an unusual triple-signature arrangement that suggests the local council was being deliberately cautious about authorizing the issue.