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20 Heller Hinterstoder
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hinterstoder (Municipality of Hinterstoder) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0377b-20 |
| Obverse description | Blue letterpress Notgeld note divided into two panels. The left panel contains a large woodcut-style vignette of the Spitzmauer mountain peak (labeled 'Spitzmauer 2446m') rising above an alpine landscape with trees and wildflowers, with the denomination '20' repeated at lower left and right corners. The right panel carries the issuing authority text and facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister, Hans Flacke, beneath the authorization text dated 14. August 1920. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress reverse with a decorative geometric border of interlocking circles and hatched panels framing a central text block in Gothic script. A small ornamental bee vignette appears below the main text block, and the printer's imprint is set at the foot of the note outside the border. |
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Hinterstoder is a small alpine village in Upper Austria — population then, as now, in the hundreds. Its 1920 Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian municipal Notgeld issued when post-war coin shortages left small communities functionally unable to make change. Jos. Feichtingers Erben was a well-established Linz printing house that produced Notgeld for numerous Upper Austrian communes during this period, which means the printing quality here is generally reliable but the design is far from bespoke.
The JPR0377b designation indicates this is a recognized variant within the Hinterstoder series — worth confirming the distinguishing detail against the Jaksch reference before cataloging.