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20 Heller Innernstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Innernstein (Municipality of Innernstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown and tan tones, with the denomination '20h' set within bold diamond-shaped cartouches at each upper corner. A central vignette presents a letterpress view of the ruins of Saxenegg castle (17th century), framed by conifers and overgrown stonework, with the caption 'RUINE SAXENEGG 17. Jahrh.' below. The left panel carries the issuer's voucher text in Gothic script, while the right panel states the validity period 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920.' alongside the authorisation initials 'E.K.'; the printer's imprint 'E. Priesel, Steyr' appears at the lower right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gem. Innernstein, Ob.-Oest. 20h Gutschein der Gem. Innernstein Ob.-Oest. RUINE SAXENEGG 17. Jahrh. Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920. E.K. E. Priesel, Steyr |
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Innernstein is a tiny settlement in Upper Austria — the kind of place that issued emergency small change (Notgeld) in 1920 precisely because the postwar coinage shortage left rural communities unable to conduct ordinary commerce. Thousands of Austrian municipalities did the same between 1919 and 1922, but most contracted printers in Vienna or Graz. E. Priesel was a local Steyr operation, and its output for nearby communities like Innernstein tends to show simpler production values than the tourist-oriented Notgeld flooding out of larger centers simultaneously.
The Jaksch/Pick reference JPR0408-20 places this firmly in the utilitarian municipal series, not the decorative collector issues that were already being printed speculatively for the philatelic trade by 1920.