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20 Heller
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau (Market Town of Spitz on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a photographic panoramic vignette of the village of Wösendorf set against a hillside backdrop typical of the Wachau valley, printed in green-grey tones across the full width of the note. The denomination '20 Heller' appears in Gothic blackletter type within ruled boxes at the upper left and upper right corners. A header inscription in Gothic script reads 'Wachauer Notgeld / Gutschein der Marktgemeinde / Spitz a. d. D.', with the validity legend 'Wösendorf. / Giltig bis 30. September 1920.' typeset at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | Wachauer Notgeld. Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. D. 20 Heller 1. Ausgabe. 3. Auflage. Diese Gutscheine sind unverzinslich. Die Marktgemeinde Spitz a. d. Donau haftet mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein bis 30. September 1920 in Zahlung zu nehmen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 30. September 1920 gegen persönliche Vorweisung an der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Vizebürgermeister: Bürgermeister: 1. geschäftsf. G.-Rat: |
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Spitz an der Donau is a small wine-producing town in the Wachau valley, and this 20 Heller note is a piece of Notgeld — emergency municipal scrip issued across Austria and Germany in vast quantities between roughly 1918 and 1922, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small communities without adequate coin for everyday transactions. Hundreds of Austrian Gemeinden printed their own, and the series from Spitz is among the more locally flavored examples from Lower Austria.
By 1920 the Heller was already collapsing in value. Within three years it would be abolished entirely under the Austrian currency reform of 1923, making these notes obsolete almost from the moment of issue.