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20 Heller Aschbach
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Aschbach (Market Town of Aschbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the obverse carries a line-engraved vignette of the Aschbach parish church and surrounding rooftops within a plain rectangular frame. To the upper right, the municipal coat of arms is set within a shield cartouche. The denomination "20" is printed in large bold numerals at centre, with "Zwanzig Heller" below, while the right panel bears the issuing authority text "Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Aschbach" and the guarantee clause with validity date. The entire design is enclosed within a decorative hatched border typical of Austrian Notgeld issues. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is typeset in black on plain cream paper within a single-rule rectangular border. The denomination "20" appears in bold at both upper corners, flanked by decorative pearl-chain ornaments, with "Zwanzig Heller" in Gothic blackletter across the top centre. The body of the note consists entirely of a justification text in Gothic script stating the legal basis for the issue, the redemption terms, and a warning against counterfeiting. The printer's imprint appears at the foot of the note. |
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Austrian Notgeld at its most local — Aschbach was a small market town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities, it issued emergency small change during the severe coin shortage that followed the First World War. The 20 Heller denomination placed it squarely in the sweet spot of everyday transaction values that metallic currency had essentially vacated by 1920.
F. Kielar was a regional printer in Amstetten, the nearest significant town, roughly 5 kilometers from Aschbach. These hyper-local print runs were typically small, which is precisely why survival rates vary so dramatically across Notgeld issues from this period.