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20 Heller Wieselburg - Herz-Jesu-Apotheke
| Issuer | Herz-Jesu-Apotheke (Ph. Mr. Josef Wöhrl), Wieselburg |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper Gutschein (emergency voucher) printed in black letterpress on grey uncoated paper, with a geometric diamond-pattern underprint border framing the central text field. The issuer name Herz Jesu-Apotheke and the proprietor's name Ph. Mr. Josef Wöhrl appear in Gothic blackletter script at the top, above the large numeral 20 flanked by the words Gutschein and Heller; below, the validity clause and place name Wieselburg a. d. Erlauf are set in matching script. The printer's imprint Groß, St. Pölten appears in small roman type at the base of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Herz Jesu-Apotheke Ph. Mr. Josef Wöhrl Gutschein 20 Heller Giltig nur bis 1. September 1920. Wieselburg a. d. Erlauf. Groß, St. Pölten. |
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Wieselburg's Herz-Jesu-Apotheke was among hundreds of Austrian pharmacies and small businesses that issued their own Notgeld during the acute coin shortage of the First World War. Pharmacist Josef Wöhrl's name appears on the note as the responsible issuer — a legal requirement that made the proprietor personally liable for redemption. The printer, Groß of St. Pölten, handled a considerable volume of local emergency currency from the Lower Austrian region during this period.
Small-denomination pharmacy Notgeld redeemed poorly. Many customers simply never bothered, which is why surviving examples often show light circulation wear despite having passed through many hands.