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| Issuer | Gemeinde Eggendorf (Municipality of Eggendorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 10 10 der Gemeinde Eggendorf |
| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in violet on cream paper, carries the full text of the issue authorization in ornate Gothic (Kurrent) script within a decorative floral vine border. A large calligraphic initial 'D' introduces the issuing authority's name 'Die Gemeinde Eggendorf' at the head of the text block, followed by the legal authorization text citing the council resolution of 17 May 1920, the total issue amount of 30,000 Kronen, and the redemption terms at the Gemeindekasse. The Bürgermeister's manuscript signature appears at the lower right, accompanied by the anti-counterfeiting warning. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld from the immediate postwar period, when the collapse of the Habsburg economy left local governments scrambling to produce their own small-denomination scrip to cover the acute coin shortage. Eggendorf is a small Lower Austrian commune; that a settlement of this size was commissioning printed notes from a Linz printer in 1920 speaks to how thoroughly the central monetary system had broken down.
L. Haase of Linz handled a significant volume of Upper and Lower Austrian notgeld contracts during this period. The JPR0165d designation indicates this is one of several Eggendorf denominations in the series.