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50 Heller Zeillern
| Issuer | Gemeinde Zeillern (Municipality of Zeillern) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | R. Prinz |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and blue-grey on cream paper, the obverse is divided into two lateral panels and a central vignette. The central panel bears an architectural niche surmounted by a spread eagle, enclosing a decorative tablet with text, and a floral bouquet at the base. The left panel contains the redemption guarantee text within a ruled cartouche, while the right panel lists the names and titles of three municipal officials; denomination numerals '50' appear in each corner, with 'HELLER' inscribed along the lower border and 'GEMEINDE ZEILLERN' across the top. |
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| Signature(s) | Leopold Haimberger (Bürgermeister), Stefan Lehner (Vice-Bürgermeister) and Stefan Handlbichler (Gemeinderat) |
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Zeillern is a small market municipality in Lower Austria, and this 50 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austria's smaller communities after the economic collapse following the First World War. The central government could not supply enough small-denomination coinage, so thousands of municipalities printed their own emergency currency — legally, under provisions that varied as the new Austrian republic found its footing.
Printed locally by F. Kielar in nearby Amstetten rather than by one of the larger specialist Notgeld printers, the note carries three authorizing signatures from the municipal council. The designer credit to R. Prinz is unusually specific for a village-level issue of this type.