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20 Heller Gmunden
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Gmunden |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Salmon-pink note printed in dark blue ink, with a large central text panel carrying the voucher inscription in bold Art Nouveau letterpress, framed by a double-ruled border. The left margin bears the municipal coat of arms of Gmunden, while the right margin carries the Austrian eagle arms, both flanked by vertical chains of decorative circular links. The denomination '20' appears in each corner, with 'ZWANZIG HELLER' repeated in bold type along the top and bottom edges, and the date, redemption clause, and facsimile mayoral signature contained within the central panel. |
| Reverse lettering | ZWANZIG HELLER 20 20 GUTSCHEIN DER STADT GMUNDEN DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BIS AUF ÖFFENT-LICH KUNDGEMACHTEN WIDERRUF BEI DER STÄDT. ZENTRAL-KASSE IN GMUNDEN EIN-GELÖST. NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT. GMUNDEN, AM 31. MÄRZ 1920. DER BÜRGERMEISTER: SALZKAMMERGUT-DRUCKEREI GMUNDEN |
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Gmunden's 20 Heller Notgeld was one of hundreds of Austrian municipal emergency issues printed in the immediate postwar years, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left towns and villages scrambling to produce their own fractional currency. The Salzkammergut-Druckerei was a local press — printing for the municipality that housed it, which was common practice in the Notgeld period and kept production costs minimal.
The Jaksc/Pick reference places this as the 'b' subvariant of the type II issue, suggesting at least minor printing or paper differences from the first run.