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20 Heller Ertl
| Issuer | Katholischer Kirchenbauverein Ertl |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out in a predominantly typographic composition printed in brown on cream paper, enclosed by a double border of small circular ornaments. The denomination 'Zwanzig 20 Heller' is set vertically along the left side, while the main body carries a multi-line text affirming the liability of the issuing association and its reserve fund, concluding with the validity date of 30 December 1920. Two facsimile signatures of association officials appear at the foot with their respective titles. |
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| Signature(s) | J. Schönegger (Obm.-Stellv.) and F. Stockinger (Obmann) |
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The Katholischer Kirchenbauverein Ertl — the Catholic Church Building Association of Ertl — issued this 20 Heller note as a Notgeld, emergency scrip produced during the severe coin shortage that gripped Austria from around 1916 onward. Parish and civic organizations across rural Austria stepped into the gap when the central monetary system simply stopped supplying small change in adequate quantities. That a church construction fund became a de facto local currency issuer says something blunt about the administrative collapse of wartime Austria-Hungary.
The two signatories — Schönegger as deputy chairman and Stockinger as chairman — were almost certainly local parishioners, not bankers.