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20 Heller Hausmening
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hausmening (Municipality of Hausmening) |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on cream paper with an ornate letterpress border. At upper left, a large circular vignette contains a fine portrait bust of a young woman in left profile, rendered in detailed intaglio-style line engraving. To the right, an oval cartouche bears the issuing authority text and validity clause, flanked by decorative Art Nouveau scrollwork. Three facsimile signatures appear below the portrait, identified by their respective titles, with the designer credit 'Entwurf: Robert Schönbrunner' at the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD der GEMEINDE HAUSMENING 20 HELLER Die Gemeinde haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichen Bargeld einzulösen. Mit Gunst von wegens handwork Entwurf: Hans Kozak |
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Hausmening is a small locality near Amstetten in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similarly modest municipalities, it issued Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Gemeinde turned to a local printer — F. Kielar of Amstetten — rather than one of the larger Vienna houses, which was common practice for smaller communities trying to keep costs down and production local.
Robert Schönbrunner and Hans Kozak handling different sides of the same note is an unusual split credit for a piece at this denomination level. Worth noting for collectors of Austrian Notgeld designers.