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20 Heller Alkoven
| Issuer | Gemeinde Alkoven (Municipality of Alkoven) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Alkoven über Zwanzig Heller der Bürgermeister: J. Haselmayer Heller Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft Gültig nur bis 31. Dezember 1920 es muss seyn! Göst Fadinger Enc. v. K. Standler |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue-grey on grey paper, with a foliate and guilloche border framing a large central vignette. The vignette renders a dramatic battle scene set among bare woodland trees, with massed figures in period costume engaged in close combat, executed in a detailed woodcut or engraving style. A caption panel beneath the scene reads 'Kampf im Emlinger Holz am 9. November 1626', referencing the Upper Austrian Peasants' War engagement of that date. |
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Alkoven is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of comparable municipalities, it issued its own Notgeld during the postwar currency emergency — small-denomination paper scrip meant to compensate for the near-total absence of coin in circulation after 1918. The 20 Heller value places this note at the workhorse end of that system, issued precisely because no one could make change.
K. Standler's engraving credit is worth noting — local Austrian Notgeld was frequently farmed out to regional jobbing printers with no specialist credentials, making any named engraver on a village-level issue somewhat unusual. Signed by J. Haselmayer on behalf of the Gemeinde.