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20 Heller Hallein

Issuer Stadtgemeinde Hallein (City of Hallein)
Year 1920
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Value 20 Hellers (0.20)
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Obverse description Central panel carries the large numeral '20' in red above the text 'ZWANZIG HELLER', with validity and redemption dates (16.6.1920 – 31.12.1920) and the issuing authority inscription 'DER BÜRGERMEISTER'. Flanking vignettes on left and right depict the Gollingertor and the Salzburger Tor, two historic town gates of Hallein, rendered in fine letterpress line engraving, each captioned with the respective gate name and 'VIZE-BÜRGER-MEISTER'. Three manuscript signatures appear below the central text, with the printer imprint 'DRUCK R. KIESEL SALZBURG' at foot.
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Reverse description A panoramic townscape vignette occupies the upper portion of the reverse, presenting a detailed view of Hallein with the surrounding Salzach valley, mountains, and the Dürrnberg salt mountain in the background, executed in fine red and black letterpress. Two directional banderoles read 'NACH INNSBRUCK' and 'NACH SALZBURG', while a ribbon scroll above the scene bears the legend 'ZUM DEUTSCHEN REICH'. The denomination '20' appears in large red numerals at lower left and right, flanking the central issuer inscription 'STADTGEMEINDE HALLEIN', with dialect verse lines printed in the margins.
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