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20 Heller Kirchdorf an der Krems
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Kirchdorf an der Krems |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a panoramic townscape of Kirchdorf an der Krems set against an Alpine mountain backdrop, enclosed within a decorative wreath border with floral rosette ornaments. Denomination numeral '20' appears in circular guilloche cartouches at left and right on a light blue-green wave-pattern underprint. Validity notice and anti-counterfeiting warning are inscribed in Gothic script along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central circular vignette bearing the town arms of Kirchdorf an der Krems — a castle motif with towers flanked by a diagonal band — set within a laurel wreath on a fine guilloche underprint in blue-green wave pattern. Denomination '20 HELLER' is repeated in large numerals and text at left and right, with the issuing authority inscription below. Three manuscript facsimile signatures of municipal officials appear along the lower edge. |
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Kirchdorf an der Krems issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg empire. Municipal and market communities across Upper Austria printed small-denomination notes to fill the gap left by hoarded and melted coinage, and Kirchdorf's series was among hundreds produced at the local level, often with minimal printing infrastructure. The three signatures here — Velutshnig, Schachner, and Begl — likely represent market commune officials rather than banking personnel.