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20 Heller Enns
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Enns (City of Enns) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0174Ia-20 |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Enns 20 Zwanzig Gutschein über Heller Die Stadtgemeinde Enns gibt Gutscheine bis zu einem Betrage von 50.000 Kr. aus und haftet für die richtige Einlösung dieser Scheine in gesetzl. Bargelde mit einer eigenen Deckungsrücklage. der Bürgermeister: |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Enns 20 Heller 20 Diese Gutscheine werden bis 31. Dez. 1920 eingelöst. Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft. E. Priegel, Steyr |
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Enns is among the oldest documented cities in Austria — Roman Lauriacum stood on this ground — but that history has nothing to do with why this note exists. It exists because Austria in 1920 was in the grip of a severe small-coin shortage, and hundreds of municipalities issued their own Notgeld to fill the gap left by the collapsed Habsburg monetary system. Stadtgemeinde Enns was one of them.
The print run of over twelve million for a single municipal denomination is striking given the town's modest size. E. Priegel in nearby Steyr handled production for numerous Upper Austrian communities during this period, which accounts for the volume — these were essentially regional printing contracts, not local hand-runs.