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20 Heller Hadersfeld
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hadersfeld im Wienerwald (Municipality of Hadersfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed on a thin wood veneer sheet, the obverse presents a central vignette of a stag standing before a rocky outcrop, framed by decorative floral and berry motifs in red and green. The denomination numeral '20' appears in diamond-shaped cartouches at left and right, with the word 'HELLER' in a ribbon banner below the central vignette. The issuer inscription 'Kassenschein der Gemeinde Hadersfeld im Wienerwald' arches across the top, with the place name 'Hadersfeld' and issue date 'am 1 Juni 1920' at lower left, and the Bürgermeister signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Gemeinde Hadersfeld im Wienerwald 20 HELLER Hadersfeld am 1 Juni 1920 der Bürgermeister |
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Hadersfeld is a tiny village in the Vienna Woods, and this 20 Heller piece is a Notgeld — emergency currency issued by the municipality in 1920 to address the acute coin shortage that plagued Austria in the aftermath of the First World War and the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Wooden Notgeld was unusual even by the eccentric standards of the genre; most Austrian municipal issues used paper or cardboard.
Printed by Ungerholz in nearby Klosterneuburg, the piece reflects genuinely local production. The wood substrate was not decorative whimsy — it was practical, durable, and available.