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20 Heller Kirchdorf an der Krems
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Kirchdorf an der Krems |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the obverse is dominated by a large central oval cartouche enclosed within a decorative beaded border, bearing the issuer inscription and the denomination in ornate Fraktur script reading 'Zwanzig Heller'. The denomination numeral '20' appears in each of the four corners within solid square panels, and a fine crosshatch guilloche pattern fills the background. Below the cartouche, the validity clause and the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister are printed in cursive script. |
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| Reverse lettering | Zettel der Not / Wandernd von Hand zu Hand / Künde es jederzeit: / Arm ist das Vaterland! / Gültig bis 31. März 1921. / Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Kirchdorf an der Krems issued these Heller notes as part of the broader Austrian Notgeld wave that swept through municipalities following the economic dislocation of the post-WWI years. Small market towns like Kirchdorf had little practical alternative — the central authorities in Vienna were unable to maintain adequate small-denomination coinage in circulation, forcing hundreds of local governments to print their own emergency scrip under sanction from the state.
The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR0445Ib places this within a distinct sub-series, suggesting multiple issue variants existed for the 20 Heller denomination alone.