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20 Heller Allerheiligen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Allerheiligen (Municipality of Allerheiligen, Bezirk Perg, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in teal-blue ink, the obverse centres on a letterpress vignette of the village of Allerheiligen with its prominent Gothic church steeple set against a radiant sky, surrounded by stylised flowering trees and floral border ornaments. The denomination "20 Heller" appears in the upper left and upper right corners in bold Gothic script, flanking the central landscape. Two serpentine ribbon banners curve through the composition carrying the anti-counterfeiting warning and the issuing municipality's name, with "ALLERHEILIGEN" inscribed in a rectangular cartouche at the foot of the vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet ink, the reverse is dominated by a central text block in German Fraktur script setting out the legal terms of issue, flanked on each side by two decorative concentric-ring rosettes within a geometric frame of nested rectangles and corner ornaments. The denomination "20 Heller" is printed in large upright numerals to the left and right of the text panel. The place and date of issue, the mayor's printed signature, and the anti-forgery warning appear below the main text, with a small printer's mark visible at lower left of the text block. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this period was a direct consequence of the postwar coin shortage that left rural communities unable to make change for even minor transactions. Gemeinde-level issuances from small Upper Austrian villages like Allerheiligen — a parish commune of only a few hundred souls in Bezirk Perg — were typically authorized under provincial emergency ordinances and redeemable at the local municipal office rather than through any banking institution.
The "b" suffix in the Jaksc/Pick reference indicates a variant within the series, likely differing in color, paper stock, or a minor typographic detail from the "a" issue. Wiesinger's signature as issuing authority confirms local municipal rather than district-level backing.