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20 Heller Aschach a. d. Donau, Violet issue
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Aschach an der Donau (Market Municipality of Aschach on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | Richard Kling and Franz Hirmann |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the municipal coat of arms of Aschach, quartered with grapevine clusters and vine leaves in violet and red, flanked by two striding male figures in period dress — a gentleman in a long coat at left and a worker in shirtsleeves at right — rendered in a folk-art woodcut style. A decorative ribbon scroll above the shield bears the inscription 'Notgeld 1920', while a roundel at the bottom centre reads '20 Heller'. The denomination '20 Heller' is repeated in each corner within a ruled border frame, and artist credits appear at lower left and lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld 1920 20 Heller Marktgemeinde Aschach a/d. Donau. |
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One of thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues produced in the chaotic years following the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system, this 20 Heller piece from Aschach an der Donau is distinguished by the involvement of Richard Kling, a Vienna-based graphic artist responsible for a number of more elaborate Notgeld designs across Upper Austria. The violet color variant signals a deliberate differentiation within the Aschach series itself — the municipality issued multiple denominations and color runs, a common device to prevent local counterfeiting with minimal printing infrastructure.
Franz Hirmann's co-credit suggests local administrative involvement in the artwork, unusual for a village of Aschach's size.