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20 Heller Böheimkirchen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Böheimkirchen (Municipality of Böheimkirchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | ZWANZIG HELLER KASSENSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE BÖHEIMKIRCHEN DIE GEMEINDE BÖHEIMKIRCHEN HAFTET FÜR DIESE VERBINDLICHKEIT MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN BÖHEIMKIRCHEN, 20.V.1920 DER VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER: DER BÜRGERMEISTER: DER GEMEINDERAT: |
| Reverse description | The plain cream reverse carries text-only content in brown letterpress print, set within a simple single-line border. The text explains the issuance of the Notgeld vouchers to alleviate the small-change shortage and states the municipality's liability and redemption deadline of 30 November 1920. The printer's imprint 'SOMMER, ST. PÖLTEN' appears at the foot of the note. |
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Böheimkirchen is a small market town in Lower Austria, roughly midway between St. Pölten and Neulengbach. This 20 Heller note belongs to the Austrian Notgeld wave of 1920, when the postwar collapse of the krone left municipal authorities scrambling to produce small-denomination emergency money to cover the chronic shortage of coin — the state simply could not mint fast enough to keep pace with inflation and hoarding.
Printed locally by Sommer of St. Pölten, the note kept production costs and lead times short. The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0097-20 places it firmly within the documented Lower Austrian municipal series.