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120 Heller Wallsee
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wallsee an der Donau (Municipality of Wallsee on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is a polychrome vignette of exceptional artistic quality, divided into two scenic panels. The left panel, framed within an oval cartouche with violet decorative border, presents a watercolour-style view of Schloss Wallsee reflected in the Danube, captioned 'Schloss des Franz Habsburg-Lothringen'. The larger right panel offers a panoramic landscape view of the town of Wallsee a.D. from an elevated vantage point, with the municipal coat of arms in the upper right corner; the printer's imprint 'Druck von F. Kleiner Amstetten' appears in small type at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | Wallsee a/Donau Schloss des Franz Habsburg-Lothringen Druck von F. Kleiner Amstetten |
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Wallsee-Sindelburg is a small market town on the south bank of the Danube in Lower Austria, and this 120 Heller Notgeld is a product of the acute small-change shortage that paralyzed Austrian commerce after the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. The victorious Allied powers' economic restrictions, combined with hoarding of metal coins, forced hundreds of Austrian municipalities to print their own fractional emergency currency in 1919–1920 — a phenomenon so widespread that collectors began actively seeking the notes almost as soon as they appeared.
F. Kleiner operated out of nearby Amstetten, the regional center, and printed Notgeld for several surrounding communities during this period. The Jaksc/Pick reference suffix "Ie-10" indicates this is one of multiple distinct issues from Wallsee, suggesting the municipality ran through earlier denominations before settling on the 120 Heller value.