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20 Heller Brixlegg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Brixlegg (Municipality of Brixlegg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green notgeld printed on plain paper with a simple ruled border. To the left, a vertical vignette enclosed in a white panel presents a scenic view of Brixlegg with a church spire in the foreground and snow-capped alpine peaks in the background, captioned 'Mineralheilbad Mehrn b. Brixlegg'. The right field carries the denomination numeral '20' in each upper corner, the text 'GUTSCHEIN der Gemeinde Brixlegg in Tirol über 20 Heller' in bold letterpress, the validity date 'Giltig bis 1. Oktober 1920', and two manuscript signatures above the printed titles 'Der Vizebürgermeister' and 'Der Bürgermeister'. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 GUTSCHEIN der Gemeinde Brixlegg in Tirol über 20 Heller. Giltig bis 1. Oktober 1920. Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: Mineralheilbad Mehrn b. Brixlegg |
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Brixlegg's 20 Heller Notgeld was part of the vast emergency coinage wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1920 and 1921, when the postwar coin shortage left local governments printing their own fractional currency to keep commerce moving. The Tyrol region was particularly prolific — dozens of villages issued their own paper Heller, many in multiple denominations and series.
Brixlegg itself is a small Tyrolean market town on the Inn River, historically tied to copper smelting. Whether that local industrial identity influenced the note's imagery is a matter for the visual catalog entry.