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20 Heller Hofgastein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Hofgastein (Market Town of Hofgastein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0384Ia-20 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Thermalbad Hofgastein über zwanzig Heller 20 20 |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 Heller Die Gemeinde Hofgastein löst diese Gutscheine bis 31. Dez. 1920 in gesetzlicher Währung ein. Der Bürgermeister. Bachbauer DRUCK V. R. KIESEL / SALZBURG |
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Hofgastein's 1920 Heller notes belong to the enormous wave of Austrian municipal emergency currency — Notgeld — that flooded the country after the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy left smaller communities starved of small change. The Marktgemeinde issued these locally rather than waiting on a central supply that simply wasn't coming. Kiesel's Salzburg press handled a number of regional commissions during this period, making attribution straightforward where many similar issues remain murky.
Reisenbichler's design credit is unusual — most Notgeld of this scale went unattributed.