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20 Heller
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Aflenz (Market Town of Aflenz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über zwanzig Heller der Marktgemeinde Aflenz. Durch den Erlaß des Staatsamtes für Finanzen vom 18. August 1920 Zl 74642 betreffend das Verbot der Herausgabe von Kassenscheinen, hat dieser Schein seine Eigenschaft als Notgeld eingebüßt, dient nur Sammelzwecken und wird nicht eingelöst. Aflenz, 1. November 1920. Der Finanzreferent: Der Bürgermeister: |
| Reverse description | Cream-toned reverse with a bold decorative border composed of repeating green spiral scroll motifs on a dotted outer frame. A large central vignette presents a photographic-style panoramic view of the town of Aflenz set against a mountainous alpine backdrop, printed in brown. Above the vignette, the legend 'Gutschein über 20 Heller der Marktgemeinde Aflenz' is set in Fraktur script in green. The denomination 'Heller 20 Heller' is repeated in bold green Fraktur lettering along the lower margin. |
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Aflenz is a small Alpine market town in Styria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency small change — Notgeld — to fill the vacuum left by the near-total disappearance of coins from circulation. The postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system meant that coins were being hoarded, melted, or simply not minted in useful quantities; local communities had little choice but to print their own fractions.
The Jaksc catalog distinguishes multiple Aflenz issues from this period. The "a" suffix on this Pick reference typically indicates the first color or paper variant within the 20 Heller denomination — worth checking against known examples, as Aflenz produced at least two distinct printings.