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20 Heller Dross
| Issuer | Gemeinde Dross (Municipality of Dross) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GMD. DROSS N.Ö. 20 HELLER DIE GEMEINDE HAFTET FÜR DIE EINLOESUNG DIESES SCHEINES MIT IHREM GANZEN VERMÖGEN VICEBURGERMEISTER BURGERMEISTER GEM. RAT |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red-orange on cream paper with a ghost underprint of the obverse design showing through from the other side. The text is set in Gothic Fraktur script and reads in centered lines: 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Droß über 20 Heller,' followed by validity information 'Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920' and redemption instructions. A notation '7. Auflage (Amerika)' appears at upper right, indicating the seventh print run. |
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Dross is a small market town in the Krems-Land district of Lower Austria, and its 1920 Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld produced when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipal authorities scrambling to plug a severe coin shortage. The designer credit "Rohrhofer" almost certainly refers to a local artist or printer rather than any established engraving house — entirely typical of the grassroots, improvised nature of Austrian municipal emergency issues, where village councils commissioned whoever was available.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0135.07-2 places this within a numbered series for Dross, suggesting at least two distinct printings or variants of the 20 Heller denomination were documented.