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110 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altaist (Municipality of Altaist, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 10+20+30+50 Heller |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour decorative reverse with denomination numerals printed in green, framing a poetic excerpt from a Minnelied attributed to the medieval poet Dietmar von Aist (d. 1171). The imprint 'Druck: F. Langhammer, Linz' appears alongside the cancellation date of 30 September 1920 and the caution 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT' ('Imitation will be punished'). A purple oval validation stamp of Gemeinde Amstetten, Bezirk Perg, Oberösterreich is applied, with the mayor's authorisation line 'Der Bürgermeister: gültig nur m. P.' |
| Reverse lettering | NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT Es stand eine Frau alleine / Und spähte über die Haide — Minnelied von Dietmar v. Aist; gest. 1171 Druck: F. Langhammer, Linz Entwertet: 30 September 1920 Der Bürgermeister: gültig nur m. P. 10/20/30/50 |
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Altaist is a small rural commune in the Perg district of Upper Austria, and this Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1920 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the postwar coinage shortage that left small transactions impossible to settle in metal. The 110 Heller denomination is unusual; most communes stuck to round figures, and the odd sum suggests this was calibrated against a specific local need, possibly wage rounding or market transactions.
F. Langhammer of Linz was a regional commercial printer, not a specialist security printer, which is exactly what you'd expect from a village-level emergency issue.