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20 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rodaun (Municipality of Rodaun) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Central green vignette of Schloss Rodaun castle within a rectangular frame, flanked by two circular denomination medallions inscribed '20 HELLER' set against an ornate dark blue foliate and guilloche border. A decorative cartouche below reads 'SCHLOSS IN RODAUN' and 'Kassenschein der Gemeinde RODAUN N.Oe.' A large '20 HELLER' coupon panel occupies the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet-brown on plain paper, the centre carries a five-line redemption text in German script, below which appear three manuscript signature lines for the Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and Finanzreferent. Two large oval rosette underprint medallions bearing the numeral '20' flank the text left and right. The printer's imprint 'Lith. u. Druck von F. Seitenberg, Wien III.' appears at the foot. |
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Rodaun was a small village southwest of Vienna — today absorbed into the 23rd district — that issued this Heller note as part of the vast Austrian Notgeld wave of 1914–1921, when wartime metal shortages forced even minor municipalities to produce their own small-change currency. The printer, F. Seitenberg of Vienna's third district, handled a number of these local emergency issues and was decidedly a commercial rather than a security printer.
Jaksch/Pick 0840 is a scarce entry — Rodaun's output was small by any measure, reflecting its population at the time.