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20 Heller Hagenberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hagenberg (Municipality of Hagenberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0330a-20 |
| Obverse description | Salmon-pink note printed in dark blue ink, with three framed architectural vignettes across the upper half: a Gothic tower at left, a courtyard with arcaded loggia at centre, and a domed church tower at right, all rendered in a bold woodcut style. The denomination '20 HELLER' appears in large numerals at lower left and right, flanking a central text block stating the municipality's guarantee of redemption valid from 1 January to 31 March 1921. The issuing authority is inscribed 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE HAGENBERG IN OB.ÖSTERR.' with the date 'HAGENBERG, 13. MAI 1920.' at the top, and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature appears below the guarantee text. |
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| Signature(s) | Johann Stöger |
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Hagenberg is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld emergency currency wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921. With the postwar collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system leaving small coins effectively unavailable, thousands of communities — including villages with no meaningful financial infrastructure — were authorized to print their own fractional paper. Hagenberg's issue was produced by Jos. Feichtingers Erben, a Linz printing house responsible for a substantial number of Upper Austrian municipal Notgeld series during this period.
Sepp Wiltschko's design credit is worth noting — local artist involvement was common in the more collectable "Künstler-Notgeld" issues, and the Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0330a confirms this as the lower of at least two denominations in the series, signed by municipal official Johann Stöger.