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20 Heller Götzendorf
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Götzendorf an der Leitha |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, a bold woodcut-style vignette in black and green presents a cloaked, bearded allegorical figure rendered in an expressionist graphic manner. To the right, the issuer name and the word 'Gutschein' are set in large blackletter script, beneath which the denomination numeral '20' appears in large green letterpress print above the word 'Heller'. The lower portion carries a two-column text block stating the redemption conditions, with two manuscript signatures above the printed titles Vizebürgermeister and Bürgermeister. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, consisting of plain beige-tan paper enclosed by a single thin rectangular border rule near the edges, with no text, vignette, or additional design elements. |
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Austrian Notgeld from the First World War period, issued by the market municipality of Götzendorf an der Leitha in Lower Austria. These small-denomination emergency issues filled a genuine gap — wartime hoarding of coins created acute shortages of small change across the Habsburg provinces, and thousands of local authorities responded with their own paper substitutes. The 20 Heller denomination was among the most practical for everyday transactions at the village level.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0246IIa indicates a second series issue, suggesting at least one earlier printing preceded it.