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20 Heller Euratsfeld
| Issuer | Gemeinde Euratsfeld (Municipality of Euratsfeld) |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Tan and brown Notgeld voucher in an Art Nouveau-influenced letterpress design. At the top, a decorative arched cartouche bears the legend GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE EURATSFELD, flanked by the district inscription BEZIRK AMSTETTEN to the left and NIEDER OESTERR. to the right. A central vignette in sepia tone presents a view of the Euratsfeld parish church amid trees and clouds, framed by two denomination panels each carrying the numeral 20 and the letter H within ornate foliate borders. Below the vignette, the validity date GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZ. 1920 is printed, followed by three facsimile signatures of the Deputy Mayor, the Mayor (Joh. Fehetgruber), and the Municipal Councillor. |
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| Reverse description | Plain tan-tinted reverse with a fine geometric underprint pattern filling the field. At the top, bold letterpress text reads GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE EURATSFELD, with a stylised Art Nouveau ornament between the last two words. The denomination ZWANZIG 20 HELLER is set centrally, with the numeral enclosed in a decorative lozenge-shaped frame with foliate corner motifs. Below, a block of text sets out the municipality's guarantee of redemption for vouchers of 10 and 20 Heller in legal tender up to 31 December 1920, followed by a warning that counterfeiting will be prosecuted. The printer's imprint Druck von Franz Klelar in Amstetten appears at the foot. |
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Euratsfeld is a small municipality in Lower Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the Austrian Notgeld wave that followed the acute coin shortage of World War One. Local governments, cooperatives, and even individual businesses issued their own small-denomination emergency money when the central authorities could no longer supply enough coinage for daily transactions. Franz Klelar's print shop in nearby Amstetten handled production for several of these municipal issues in the region.
Robert Leitner's involvement as designer is worth noting — local Notgeld frequently recruited schoolteachers, postmasters, or amateur artists, and the quality varied accordingly.