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20 Heller Bad Hall
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bad Hall (Kurort Bad Hall, Oberösterreich) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | Pale green note printed in dark ink and olive-brown tones, centred on a decorative Art Nouveau cartouche enclosing a detailed topographical vignette of the Bad Hall Rathaus (town hall), with its clock tower and arcaded façade set against a large tree to the left. The denomination 20 HELLER appears in bold letterpress at the upper left and upper right corners. A scroll tablet at the base of the cartouche carries the inscription RATHAUS with the initials M. B. below. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 HELLER RATHAUS M. B. |
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Bad Hall, a small iodine spa town in Upper Austria, was among the hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg empire. The 20 Heller denomination here falls within the second series (indicated by the "II" in the Jaksch reference), suggesting the commune had to go back to print more than once to meet local demand.
These small-town Austrian Notgeld issues are often found in uncirculated condition because collectors snapped them up directly from the issuing offices — a practice so widespread it became a revenue stream in itself for some municipalities.