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50 Heller Wieselburg - Herz-Jesu-Apotheke
| Issuer | Herz-Jesu-Apotheke (Ph. Mr. Josef Wöhrl), Wieselburg a. d. Erlauf |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Hellers (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld gutschein printed in dark brown on yellow-ochre paper, with an overall geometric lattice underprint covering the entire field. A double-rule rectangular border frames the design, its outer edge decorated with a repeating diamond and triangle pattern. The issuer's name in Gothic blackletter script appears at the top, followed by the pharmacist's name in smaller text; the large numeral '50' is centred, flanked by the words 'Gutschein' and 'Heller' in blackletter, with the validity clause and place of issue inscribed below, and the printer's imprint in small roman type at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Herz Jesu-Apotheke Ph. Mr. Josef Wöhrl. Gutschein 50 Heller Giltig nur bis 1. September 1920. Wieselburg a. d. Erlauf. Grof, St. Pölten. |
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Issued during Austria's postwar Kleingeldersatz crisis, when coin shortages forced thousands of local businesses, municipalities, and institutions to print their own emergency Notgeld. Herz-Jesu-Apotheke — the Sacred Heart Pharmacy — was among the more unusual issuers: a private pharmacy rather than a municipal authority or savings bank. Proprietor Josef Wöhrl registered as Pharmaziemagister, and his name appears on the note in that capacity, giving it a degree of formal accountability rare among purely commercial issuers.
Printed by Grof in St. Pölten, roughly thirty kilometers from Wieselburg.