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20 Heller Gleink
| Issuer | Gemeinde Gleink (Municipality of Gleink) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the obverse carries a landscape vignette of Dietach, rendered in a fine engraved style, showing a church with a tall steeple set among trees and agricultural fields. To the right, the municipal coat of arms of Gleink appears within an ornate cartouche, above the denomination numeral '20' and the inscription 'Heller' in bold Gothic lettering. The issuer's name 'Gemeinde Gleink' is printed in blackletter script at the upper right, and the overall note is set against a rose-pink underprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Gleink 20 Heller 20 Zur Behebung der herrschenden Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Gleink, Bez. Steyr auf Grund des Gemeindeausschußbeschlusses vom 8. Mai 1920 Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von 16.000 Kronen aus. Diese Gutscheine werden in der Zeit vom 1 bis einschl. 31. Dezember 1920 bei der Gemeindekassa in Gleink in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister |
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Gleink is a small locality near Steyr in Upper Austria, and its 1920 Heller notgeld issue belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Austria in the early 1920s as the collapsing krone made small-coin circulation nearly impossible. The Gemeinde was acting out of practical necessity — not monetary ambition — filling a gap the central authorities had abandoned.
The JPR0237a series from Gleink is among the more obscure notgeld issues from the Steyr district. Short print runs and localized distribution mean survivor populations were never large to begin with.