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20 Heller Dunkelstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Dunkelstein (Municipality of Dunkelstein) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided Notgeld note printed in brown on plain paper stock. A central vignette presents a view of the local church or public building with a domed tower, flanked on each side by oval numerals '20' set within decorative frames. The issuer name 'Gemeinde Dunkelstein' appears in a curved banner at the top, above the denomination legend 'Zwanzig Heller' rendered in a bold script typeface within a cartouche. The overall border consists of a fine dot-and-rule frame. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue-grey on a light patterned underprint and carries the full redemption text of the Kassenschein. Numerals '20' appear in ornate cartouches at upper left and upper right. A decorative wavy-rule border frames the entire note, with the text body set in blackletter (Fraktur) typeface. A manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister appears below the redemption clause. |
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Dunkelstein is a small village in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similarly modest communes, it issued Heller Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria following the First World War. These municipal emergency notes were produced locally — often by the village printer or nearest town press — with little standardization in paper stock, ink, or serial numbering across the various denominations.
The JPR reference places this within the Jaksch/Pick Austrian Notgeld catalog, the primary authority for this material. The 20 Heller denomination was among the most commonly needed for everyday transactions, which typically means higher print runs but also heavier wear in surviving examples.