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20 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altaist (Municipality of Altaist) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is typeset in dark brown on salmon-pink paper within a repetitive ornamental border of alternating unit motifs. The issuer's name 'Gemeinde Altaist' is set in large blackletter script across the upper field, beneath which a bilateral text block in German states the purpose and redemption terms of the Notgeld voucher. An oval official municipality stamp reading 'GEMEINDEAMT ALTAIST / polit. Bezirk Perg / OB.-ÖST.' is affixed centrally, flanked by two manuscript signatures with their respective titles. An anti-counterfeiting warning and the edition designation '3. Auflage' appear along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde Altaist gibt diesen Gutschein zur Behebung der Kleingeldnot heraus und löst denselben bis 31. Dez. 1920 gegen gesetzliches Geld ein. GEMEINDEAMT ALTAIST polit. Bezirk Perg OB.-ÖST. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft 3. Auflage |
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Altaist is a small parish commune in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities it resorted to issuing Notgeld during the postwar currency chaos — the central government simply could not produce small-denomination coins fast enough to meet everyday demand. This 20 Heller note is one of several values in the series, all printed by F. Kling in Linz-Urfahr, a printer that handled a significant volume of Upper Austrian municipal emergency issues during this period.
Karl Hayd's design credit is notably specific for a piece of this kind — most rural commune issues went uncredited.