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20 Heller Hofgastein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Hofgastein (Market Town of Hofgastein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in Art Nouveau style shows two silhouetted dancing figures flanking a pedestal fountain, set against a background of arched golden lines rendered in two-colour letterpress. The denomination '20 Heller' appears in script between the figures. A text panel at the lower portion states the redemption conditions, signed by the Bürgermeister Bachbauer, with the printer's imprint 'Druck v. A. Wiesel / Salzburg' at the foot; the whole is framed by the same ochre leaf-motif border as the obverse. |
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| Signature(s) | Bachbauer (Bürgermeister) |
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Hofgastein's 1920 Heller notes belong to Austria's vast Notgeld phenomenon — the flood of locally issued emergency small change that swept Austrian municipalities after the First World War as metal coinage vanished from circulation entirely. The Marktgemeinde's issue is notable for having a confirmed designer credit, Geisenbichler, which is more documentation than most village-level Austrian Notgeld carries. Printed by A. Wiesel in Salzburg rather than one of the Vienna trade houses, the series reflects the regionalism that characterizes the better-documented Salzburg issues.