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20 Heller Haunoldstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Haunoldstein (Municipality of Haunoldstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 20 Zwanzig Heller Die Gemeinde Haunoldstein haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen diesen unverzinslichen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister: I. Vice-Bürgermeister: II. Vice-Bürgermeister: Gültig nur bis einschl. 30. SEPT. 1920 Laut Gemeinderats-Beschluß vom 15. Mai 1920 NACHAHMUNG wird gesetzl. bestraft. ENTW. VON HANS RIEGLER DRUCK V. J. SCHREIER, WIEN, VII. |
| Reverse description | Grey-green reverse centred on a finely engraved vignette of Schloss Osterburg set dramatically upon rocky cliffs, enclosed within a decorative framework of grapevines and oak branches. Denomination cartouches inscribed "20 Heller" occupy scroll panels at lower left and right, flanking fields reserved for series and number designations. A ribbon scroll at the base of the central vignette bears the inscription "SCHLOSS OSTERBURG i.J. 1610". |
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Haunoldstein is a small village in Lower Austria, and this 20 Heller Notgeld was issued during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War. With the old imperial coinage hoarded or simply gone from circulation, hundreds of Austrian municipalities — many of them tiny — printed their own low-denomination emergency paper. Haunoldstein was among the smallest communities to do so.
J. Schreier of Vienna's 7th district was a minor commercial printer who handled several such municipal commissions. Designer Hans Riegler's credit on a village Heller note is an unusual touch — most comparable issues went uncredited.