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20 Heller Euratsfeld
| Issuer | Gemeinde Euratsfeld (Municipality of Euratsfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld voucher printed in dark brown on cream paper in a bold Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) manner, with the issuer legend EURATSFELD in large display type within a decorative ruled frame flanked by the district and province designations. A central tonal vignette presents a view of the local church and village, framed between two symmetrical denomination panels each bearing the numeral "20" above the Heller abbreviation "H", all surrounded by elaborate foliate and scroll ornament. Three manuscript signatures appear along the lower margin beneath their respective official titles, with the printer's credit lettered at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE EURATSFELD ZWANZIG 20 HELLER DIE GEMEINDE EURATS- -FELD HAFTET FÜR DIE VON IHR AUSGEGEBENEN GUTSCHEINE ZU 10, 20 U. 50 HELLERN, DIESE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN. EINLÖSUNGSTERMIN EINSCHLIESSLICH 31. DEZ. 1920. SPÄTER VORGWIESENE SCHEINE WERDEN NICHT MEHR EINGELÖST. DIE NACHAHMUNG DIESER GUTSCHEINE WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT. Druck von Franz Kielar in Amstetten |
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Euratsfeld is a small market commune in Lower Austria, and this 20 Heller note is one of the thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues that flooded the country between 1919 and 1921 as coin metal was hoarded and small change effectively vanished from circulation. The municipality commissioned Franz Kielar, a local Amstetten printer, rather than one of the larger Vienna houses — common practice for the smaller communes, which kept production costs and lead times down at the expense of engraving quality.
Robert Leitner's design credit is unusually specific for a Notgeld of this scale. Most comparable municipal issues from the period list no designer at all.