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20 heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Krummnussbaum (Municipality of Krummnussbaum) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Heller (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette enclosed within an ornate Art Nouveau border of interlocking striped and floral scrollwork printed in blue with a pale pink underprint, depicting a panoramic view of an industrial complex — identified as a Tonwarenfabrik (ceramics factory) — with tall smokestacks emitting smoke. Denomination numerals '20' appear in large blackletter script at upper left and upper right, with 'Heller' inscribed below each. The place name 'Krummnußbaum' is rendered in large bold blackletter at the lower portion of the note, with the artist's signature 'O. Reittinger 1920' in small print at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Heller 20 Heller Krummnußbaum Tonwaren Fabrik O. Reittinger 1920 |
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Krummnussbaum is a small municipality in Lower Austria on the Danube, and this 1920 Heller note is a product of the postwar Notgeld wave that swept Austrian and German communities when central monetary supply collapsed following the armistice. Municipalities, businesses, and institutions printed their own emergency fractional currency to keep local trade moving — the 20 Heller denomination was among the most practically useful for daily transactions.
Langhammer of Linz was a regional commercial printer drawn into Notgeld production by sheer demand, not specialist banknote work. The designer credit to O. Reittinger is relatively uncommon for a note at this humble level; most comparable issues were unsigned workshop productions.