Currency, paper. 50 Heller, in green and red on tan background, with scene of church alongside River Donau (Danube). Dritte Auflage (third printing) in red at bottom. Back side blank. Valid through 30 June, 1920. L 9.7 cm x W 6.4 cm. Native name and meaning: Notgeld (Emergency currency).
Donor:
George Leitmann and Nancy Leitmann
Collection place:
Melk an der Donau, Lower Austria
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe, Austria, Melk am der Donau
Production place:
Melk an der Donau, Lower Austria
Culture or time period:
Austrian
Collector:
Josef Leitmann
Collection date:
early 1930s
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Notgelden
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)