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20 Heller Hofkirchen an der Trattnach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hofkirchen an der Trattnach |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 90 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the note is divided into two symmetrical framed boxes: the left bearing an illuminated initial 'H' in a larger typeface as the opening letter of 'Hofkirchen', with the abbreviated 'A.D.TR.' completing the issuer's name, and the right containing the denomination '20 HELLER'. The central vignette presents the municipal coat of arms incorporating a quartered ibex, identified by a caption below as 'WAPPEN PRECHENSTEINER', referencing the personal crest of Pastor Moritz Prechensteiner, a notable benefactor of the municipality. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 20 20 ZWANZIG HELLER GEMEINDE HOFKIRCHEN DIESE GUTSCHEINE WERDEN SEITENS DER GEMEINDE HOFKIRCHEN A.D.TR. VOM 1-15. JULI 1921 IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELD EINGELÖST. DER BÜRGERMEISTER [signature] NACHAHMUNG STRAFBAR (Translation: Voucher for twenty Heller Municipality of Hofkirchen These vouchers are provided by the municipality of Hofkirchen an der Trattnach from 1-15 July 1921, redeemed in legal cash. The mayor [signature] Imitation is punishable) |
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Hofkirchen an der Trattnach is a small market commune in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued by Austrian municipalities after the First World War as small-denomination coinage all but vanished from circulation. The Austrian Heller itself was abolished in 1924 when the Schilling replaced the Krone, rendering these local emergency issues worthless within a few years of printing.
Many Austrian Notgeld pieces from this period were printed in short runs specifically for collectors — a practice that became so widespread it undermined the original emergency purpose entirely.