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20 Heller Furth
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Furth bei Göttweig (Market Town of Furth) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-toned Notgeld note with a central line-art vignette of a panoramic townscape showing the market town of Furth bei Göttweig, with Göttweig Abbey perched on the hill in the background. The denomination numeral '20' appears in bold within bordered boxes at the left and right margins, flanked by small vignettes of a cross-topped chapel or shrine at lower left and right corners. Handwritten facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister, Vize-Bürgermeister, and two Gemeinderäte appear at the foot, beneath the issue date 'Furth, 20. Mai 1920', with the title legend 'Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Furth bei Göttweig' printed in Gothic script across the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Furth bei Göttweig 20 Heller Die Marktgemeinde Furth haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweg- lichen und un beweglichen Vermögen. Die Nachahmung wird ge setzlich bestraft Furth, 20. Mai 1920. Der Bürgermeister: Karl Wraber Der Vize-Bürgermeister: Franz Köffler Der Gemeinderat: Lud. Eluger f. Gemeinderat: Joh. Hausmann |
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Furth bei Göttweig is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this note is a product of the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria in the aftermath of World War One. Municipal and commercial Notgeld of this type filled the gap left by the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system — small denominations in particular simply vanished from circulation as metal coinage became hoarded or melted. Josef Faber in nearby Krems was a logical choice for local printing commissions of this kind.
Otto Stoitzner, who designed this note, was a Vienna-trained artist with ties to the Austrian applied arts movement. His involvement in provincial Notgeld was not unusual for the period — the genre attracted serious designers.