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20 Heller Innsbruck, Prv. Ladiner Verein
| Issuer | Ladiner Verein (Ladin Association), Innsbruck |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper stock, the obverse carries the large denomination numeral '20' at left with a hatched fill, below which 'HELLER' appears in bold capitals. At centre, an oval vignette presents a line-art view of a medieval fortified structure identified as Enneberg (Marebbe), with the caption 'GUSTL DA TLUSÖLL' below. To the right, a calligraphic text block states the issuer's redemption pledge, concluding with a manuscript facsimile signature of the Obmann (chairman). The entire design is enclosed within a decorative foliate letterpress border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ENNEBERG GUSTL DA TLUSÖLL 20 HELLER Der Ladiner- Verein löst diesen Gut- Schein bis 31. XII. 20 ein. Der Obmann: (?) |
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The Ladiner Verein was a cultural association representing the Ladin-speaking minority of the Dolomite valleys — Gröden, Fassa, Badia — a population that found itself administratively fragmented after the post-WWI redrawing of borders folded South Tyrol and its surrounding areas into Italy. This emergency small-change note dates to the acute coin shortage that plagued Austria in 1919–1920, when even civic and cultural associations issued provisional Heller notes to keep local transactions moving.
The fact that a Ladin cultural society — not a municipality or savings bank — issued circulating scrip is unusual and speaks to how decentralized the notgeld phenomenon became in Tyrol specifically.