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20 Heller Kirchberg bei Linz
| Issuer | Gemeinde Kirchberg bei Linz (Municipality of Kirchberg bei Linz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress reverse divided into two panels: the left panel contains the legal text and redemption notice in gothic script, dated 'Kirchberg bei Linz am 25/I.1920', with a manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister below, followed by a four-line vernacular verse alluding to the coin shortage. The right panel bears a central vignette of the municipal coat of arms with agricultural and industrial motifs enclosed within a decorative rope-and-scroll border, flanked by denomination numerals '20' and 'Heller' at top and repeated '20' numerals at the lower corners, with the printer's imprint at the base. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Ortsgemeinde Kirchberg bei Linz haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Kirchberg bei Linz am 25/I.1920 Der Bürgermeister: Verschwunden ist das liebe Geld Von Silber, Kupfer, Nickel! D'rum greifen wir, wie alle Welt Zu diesem Notartikel. 20 Heller 20 KARL HUBER, URFAHR. |
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Kirchberg bei Linz is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities, it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War. The 20 Heller denomination was among the most practical for everyday transactions, filling the gap left by hoarded copper and nickel coinage. Karl Huber operated out of Urfahr, the district directly across the Danube from Linz, and handled a significant volume of local Notgeld printing for Upper Austrian communities during this period.