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20 Heller Kitzbühel
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel |
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| Year | 1919-1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Signature(s) | A. Werner |
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| Protection description | Circular violet ink stamp of the Stadtmagistrat Kitzbühel applied to the reverse, incorporating the municipal ibex arms. |
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Kitzbühel's 20 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued after the First World War, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipalities scrambling to produce their own small-denomination scrip. The chronic shortage of coins — exacerbated by wartime metal requisitioning — forced hundreds of Austrian towns to print locally, often with whatever paper and authorization they had on hand. The A. Werner signature indicates a municipal official rather than a banking functionary.
The official stamp serves as the primary authentication mechanism, a common workaround when formal security printing was neither available nor affordable for a small Alpine Gemeinde.