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20 Heller Berndorf
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Berndorf (City of Berndorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN DER STADTGEMEINDE BERNDORF ZWANZIG HELLER 20 AUSGESTELLT MIT BEWILLIGUNG DES DEUTSCHÖSTERREICHISCHEN STAATSAMTES FÜR FINANZEN VOM 31. MÄRZ 1920 ZAHL 27830 - HAFTUNG DURCH DAS DEPOT BEIM POSTSPARKASSENAMTE NR. 20383 STADT BERNDORF/N.Ö. AM 16. APRIL 1920 DER FINANZREFERENT: DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DER GEMEINDERAT: ROBERT LEITNER |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black Gothic (Fraktur) script on plain cream paper, entirely typeset without pictorial vignette or ornamental border, carrying a formal statement declaring that the Stadtgemeinde Berndorf issues Kassenscheine to a total value of K 120,000 to alleviate the small-change shortage, redeemable in legal tender until 31 December 1920. A concluding line warns that counterfeiting is punishable by law. |
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Berndorf was a company town in the most literal sense — built and owned by the Krupp family's Austrian subsidiary, Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik, which had dominated the area since the 1840s. When postwar Austria fractured into a chaos of worthless krone and rampant hoarding of coin, municipalities were legally permitted to issue their own emergency currency, the Notgeld. Berndorf's issues were printed locally by Robert Leitner, a regional printer, rather than through any central facility.
The JPR0083a series covers the full Berndorf Notgeld set. The 20 Heller denomination is among the more commonly surviving values from this issuer.