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20 Heller Anthering
| Issuer | Gemeinde Anthering (Municipality of Anthering) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and olive tones on cream paper in an Art Nouveau idiom, the obverse carries the issuer name 'Gemeinde Anthering' in large decorative lettering at upper left, with a circular denomination vignette bearing the numeral '20' at lower left and a pair of putti amid floral and vine underprint at upper right. A central ornate cartouche with foliate scrollwork encloses the redemption text, while printer and designer credits are set in small type along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Executed in dark brown on cream paper in a dense Art Nouveau style, the reverse centres on an oval vignette of a rural church with a prominent tower set among trees, rays of light radiating from behind the steeple. The denomination numeral '20' appears in ornate scroll cartouches at left and right of the central vignette, with 'Zwanzig' at lower left and 'Heller' at lower right, while a ribbon banner at the top carries the full issuer inscription over an intricately worked floral and foliate background. |
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Anthering is a small village north of Salzburg, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it was forced into the notgeld business by a national coin shortage so severe that small transactions had become practically impossible. The Gemeinde commissioned S. u. K. Müller in Salzburg to produce this 20 Heller note, with design work attributed to F.X. Stadler — a local arrangement typical of the Salzburg region's approach to emergency currency, where printing and design stayed close to home.
The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR0046e-20 places this within a catalogued series for Anthering, suggesting the municipality issued multiple denominations rather than a single stopgap note.