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50 Heller Wels
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wels (City of Wels) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue on cream paper using letterpress typographic composition, the note is framed by an ornamental border of scrollwork with stylized fleur-de-lis corner motifs. Bold circular cartouches at left and right carry the denomination numerals '50', flanked by 'HELLER' in rectangular panels, while the central text block bears the municipal redemption pledge and the printed signature of the Bürgermeister. The issuer name 'STADTGEMEINDE WELS' runs in large capitals along the lower margin within a decorative ribbon band. |
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| Reverse description | The upper two-thirds of the reverse are occupied by a photographic halftone vignette reproducing a view of an arcaded courtyard at Traungasse 7 in Wels, with two tiers of rounded arches and climbing foliage; a caption cartouche in the lower left of the image identifies the subject, credits the photograph to Aug. Moser, and an oval 'Heimat-Schutz' seal appears at right. Below the vignette, a decorative panel in matching dark blue renders the denomination '50' centrally, flanked by 'Stadt' and 'Wels' within a scroll cartouche, with 'Gutschein' above and 'Heller' below in stylized letterpress lettering. |
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Wels issued its own emergency paper during the chaotic Heller-Krone period following the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system — small municipalities across Austria printed Notgeld precisely because the central government could not guarantee adequate coin supply. The Stadtgemeinde series from Wels was printed locally by K. Dusl, a Wels-based firm, which kept production entirely within the town itself, an unusual degree of self-containment even by Notgeld standards.
Carl Richter's single signature authorizes the note — municipal Notgeld of this period typically required at least two signatories, making single-signature examples worth scrutiny for completeness.