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50 Heller Zell am See
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Zell am See (Market Town of Zell am See) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the obverse carries a central landscape vignette of the Zeller See with the snow-capped Kitzsteinhorn massif reflected in the lake's waters, rendered in a fine letterpress style. The denomination panel reading '50 HELLER' is set in a reserved white cartouche at the lower centre. The word 'HELLER' is printed vertically in bold lettering along both the left and right borders, with small decorative floral corner vignettes framing the composition. The heading 'Seebad Zell am See' appears in a dark banner across the top. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the reverse carries a central circular vignette of a crowned saint holding a staff and shield, flanked by sprays of edelweiss on the left and alpine roses on the right, with crossed oar-like ornaments at each side border. Below the vignette, a three-line text block in German script states the redemption terms of the Gutschein, followed by two manuscript signatures with their respective titles. A bold warning legend runs along the lower border within a rectangular frame, and small serpent vignettes occupy the lower corners. |
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Zell am See's 50 Heller Notgeld belongs to the enormous wave of Austrian municipal emergency money issued after the First World War, when small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from everyday commerce. The Austro-Hungarian coinage system collapsed alongside the empire itself, and towns across the former crownlands were left to print their own stopgap currency with whatever local facilities they had.
The Jaksch/Pick reference places this within the documented Salzburg provincial issues, but municipal Notgeld from small market towns like Zell am See tends to survive in uneven quantities — collector demand during the 1920s itself created a secondary market that distorted what was actually circulated versus what was printed purely for sale to hobbyists.