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20 Heller Hausmening
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hausmening (Municipality of Hausmening) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain buff paper reverse in a restrained typographic layout. The central vignette, enclosed in an oval border, displays the municipal coat of arms of Hausmening with a decorative scroll surround and the legend 'Mit Gund von wegus handwerk'. Flanking the central device are two circular medallions, each bearing the denomination '20 HELLER' in bold sans-serif type within concentric ring borders. A two-part redemption guarantee legend is set in Gothic blackletter to the left and right of the central vignette. The designer credit 'Entwurf: Hans Rauch' appears in small type along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING 20 HELLER Die Gemeinde haftet für die Verbindlichkeit. diesen Schein in gesetzlichen Bargeld einzulösen. Mit Gund von wegus handwerk Entwurf: Hans Rauch. |
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Hausmening is a small village in Lower Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the postwar Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the currency chaos following the dissolution of the Habsburg empire and the acute coin shortage that left even minor communities scrambling to issue their own emergency fractional currency.
Robert Schönbrunner's involvement is worth noting. He was a Viennese art historian and curator, and his presence as designer on a village Notgeld issue printed by a small Amstetten firm speaks to how broadly the Notgeld movement drew on educated artistic talent, even at the most local level.