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20 Heller Aigen, Light green issue
| Issuer | Gemeinde Aigen (Ober-Steiermark) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain uncoloured reverse with a dashed-rule rectangular border enclosing a three-panel header: denomination '20 Heller' in bold at left and right, and the issuer title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Aigen / Ober-Steiermark' centred at top. Below, a two-line motto in Gothic script is followed by the redemption clause in large Gothic typeface, citing the municipal council resolution of 17 July 1920 and the obligation to redeem the note in lawful currency within four weeks of announcement. The Bürgermeister's manuscript signature appears at the lower right above the printed role designation. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Aigen Ober-Steiermark 20 Heller Arbeit, Fortschritt und Verständnis Sind des Staates Fundament. Die Gemeinde Aigen (Ober-Steiermark) haftet laut Gemeinderatsbeschluß vom 17. Juli 1920 dafür, diesen Schein 4 Wochen nach Bekanntgabe in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister: |
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Aigen im Ennstal is a small market town in Upper Styria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it issued its own emergency small change — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Gemeinde series ran in several color variants, with the light green printing distinguishing this 20 Heller value within what was otherwise a functionally identical set of denominations.
Jaksch catalogues these Styrian municipal issues with particular attention to color differentiation, since the variants were not reissues but simultaneous parallel printings intended to reduce counterfeiting at the local level.