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20 Heller Gross-Siegharts

Issuer Marktgemeinde Gross-Siegharts (Market Town of Gross-Siegharts)
Year 1920
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In circulation to 31 December 1920
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in dark grey-black ink on plain paper in a bold Art Nouveau-influenced letterpress style. A central vignette presents a view of the Gross-Siegharts church tower with surrounding rooftops, framed by decorative geometric and foliate border panels. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large format at left and right, with the legend 'ZWANZIG HELLER' across the top and the issuer inscription 'MARKTGEMEINDE GROSS-SIEGHARTS' along the lower margin; the year '1920' is noted in small type at the lower left.
Obverse lettering ZWANZIG HELLER
20
MARKTGEMEINDE
GROSS-SIEGHARTS
Reverse description The reverse is printed in the same dark grey-black letterpress style and carries a central oval cartouche with the double-headed Austrian eagle and the legend 'UNTER DER BÜRGSCHAFT DES MARKTES GROSS-SIEGHARTS IN ÖSTERREICH'. Above the cartouche the word 'GUTSCHEIN' is set in bold lettering, with the denomination '20' repeated in each corner within decorative geometric panels. Redemption text states that the note is valid from 15–31 December 1920 and is redeemable for legal tender cash; the Vizebürgermeister and Gemeindevorstand signature lines appear at the foot, along with the printer's imprint 'DRUCK, BUSCHER WAIDHOFEN A.D. TH.' A counterfeiting warning 'DIE NACHAHMUNG WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT' is printed vertically on the left margin, and validity date 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1920' appears vertically on the right margin.
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