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20 Heller Kitzbühel
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel / hat den Gutschein in gesetzlicher Währung vom 1. Februar bis 31. März 1920 ein / 20 Heller / Bürgermeister / h. Münsterger |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a show-through impression of the obverse design printed on thin paper stock, with the text and vignette visible in mirror image. A circular violet official municipality stamp is applied at centre, bearing the inscription of the Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel, along with a handwritten or printed date line 'Kitzbühel, 15. Jänner 1920' at bottom. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg Empire in late 1918. Municipal authorities across the former imperial territories were left with no functioning small-change supply almost overnight, and local governments — Kitzbühel among them — printed their own low-denomination emergency issues to keep daily commerce moving. The Stadtgemeinde issues were typically validated by an official ink stamp, which served as the only authentication mechanism against counterfeiting.
Kitzbühel's issues are among the plainer Tyrolean Notgeld, predating the decorative collector-oriented wave that would flood the market from 1920 onward.