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20 Heller Amstetten
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Amstetten (Municipality of Amstetten) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on cream paper by letterpress, the obverse centres on the municipal coat of arms of Amstetten — a crowned shield bearing a rampant lion over a wavy base — flanked by large numeral '20' denominators set within decorative foliate borders. The denomination 'Zwanzig Heller' is inscribed in ornate gothic script along the upper edge, while a scrollwork cartouche below the arms carries the issuance notice dated Amstetten, 1 January 1920. The printer's imprint 'C. Queiser, Amstetten' appears at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Zwanzig Heller 20 20 Die Stadtgemeinde Amstetten gibt Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von 60.000 K aus. (G.-R.-B. 9./12. 1919.) Diese Gutscheine werden bis 31. Dez. 1920 bei der Stadtkasse in gesetzl. Bargelde eingelöst. Amstetten, am 1. Jänner 1920 C. Queiser, Amstetten |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine coin shortage that persisted well after the armistice — the old Habsburg coinage had been hoarded, melted, or simply vanished, and the new republican government was slow to fill the gap. Amstetten, a Lower Austrian rail junction town, solved the problem locally. C. Queiser was a small local printer, and the municipal finance officer's counter-signature alongside the Bürgermeister's was a deliberate accountability measure, not mere formality.
The 1920 date places this in the second wave of Austrian notgeld — later than the wartime issues, driven now by inflation anxiety rather than wartime disruption alone.