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20 Heller Biberbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Biberbach (Municipality of Biberbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | G. Pöschl |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown ink on cream-toned paper and framed by a decorative border of alternating squares and dots. The left half bears a landscape vignette in woodcut style showing the village of Biberbach with a church steeple rising above trees and rolling hills. To the right, the text identifies the issuer in Gothic script, followed by a liability clause in smaller script. Three facsimile signatures appear at the foot, each preceded by the respective official title. The printer and designer credits are printed in small letterpress text below the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on cream paper within a simple ruled border with a lightly scrolled guilloche underprint. The denomination is stated in large Gothic script at centre, with the numeral 20 flanked by the words 'Zwanzig' and 'Heller'. Below a double rule, a text paragraph in Gothic script states the terms of acceptance by the municipality, followed by a warning against counterfeiting. |
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Biberbach is a small Lower Austrian municipality that, like hundreds of others, issued its own emergency small change — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's collapse after 1918. The federal government could not produce enough low-denomination coinage to meet everyday needs, so municipalities stepped in, often commissioning local or regional printers. F. Kielar of Amstetten was one such regional press, serving several nearby communities in the Mostviertel during this period.
The Jaksch/Pick reference suffix "Ib" indicates a specific paper or print variant within the 20 Heller denomination — worth tracking if assembling a complete Biberbach run.