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20 Heller Kitzbühel
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Brown and rust-red Notgeld note with a vignette at right illustrating the twin-towered parish church of Kitzbühel (Pfarrkirche St. Andreas) rendered in a bold silhouette style. The municipal coat of arms of Kitzbühel appears in the upper centre, flanked by Gothic-script text at left naming the issuing authority and specifying the validity period from 1 February to 31 March 1920. The denomination '20 Heller' is set within an ornate cartouche at lower left, with the Bürgermeister's facsimile signature below. |
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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 |
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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.