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20 Heller Holzhausen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Holzhausen (Municipality of Holzhausen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 30 September 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on cream paper, the obverse is framed by a scrollwork border and carries the denomination '20 Zwanzig Heller 20' in bold Gothic lettering across the top. To the left, an oval vignette presents a portrait of a bearded Renaissance-era figure in period dress, accompanied by a small coat of arms and inscription above; to the right, a vignette shows the local parish church with its distinctive steeple amid trees. A central text panel in Gothic script states the redemption obligation of the Gemeinde Holzhausen, valid until 30 September 1920, and bears a facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister below the caption 'Der Bürgermeister:'. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Zwanzig Heller 20 Gemeinde Holzhausen Die Gemeinde Holzhausen löst diesen Gutschein bis 30. September 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargeld ein. Der Bürgermeister: |
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Holzhausen is not a unique place name in the German-speaking world — there are dozens of villages bearing it across Austria, Germany, and Switzerland — and the catalog reference alone does not resolve which municipality this note belongs to. What is clear is the broader phenomenon it belongs to: the explosion of Austrian Notgeld issues in 1920, when chronic small-coin shortages following the collapse of the Habsburg economy drove even tiny rural communes to print their own emergency fractions. Heller denominations this small had almost no purchasing power by 1920; inflation was already eroding them rapidly.