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20 Heller Klaus
| Issuer | Gemeinde Klaus (Municipality of Klaus) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 87 × 61 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is centered on a formal text panel enclosed within an elaborate cartouche of scrollwork and floral ornaments, surmounted by the municipal coat of arms of Klaus — a shield bearing a black eagle on a divided field. The main text block, in Gothic typeface, records the authorizing resolution of the municipal committee dated 27 March 1920 and the legal guarantee of redemption. Three facsimile signatures of municipal officials appear below the text, with their respective titles printed beneath each. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Klaus gibt auf Grund des Gemeindeausschuß- beschlusses vom 27. März 1920 Notgeld aus und haftet für die Einlösung. Ein- lösungstermin wird öffentlich verlautbart werden. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft BÜRGERMEISTER KASSIER BÜRGERM. STELLV. |
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Klaus is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and this note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued by Austrian towns and villages between 1919 and 1921 to address a crippling shortage of small-denomination coinage in the post-war collapse of the Habsburg economy. Paul Gerin in Vienna was among the most prolific printers of this material, handling commissions from hundreds of communities simultaneously.
Three municipal signatures are present — an unusually formal arrangement for a village emergency note of this denomination.