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20 Heller Klaus
| Issuer | Gemeinde Klaus (Municipality of Klaus, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0454IIf-20 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Klaus, O.-Öst. Zwanzig Heller 20 Die Gemeinde Klaus haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem ganzen beweglichen und unbeweglichen Vermögen. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: Der Kassier: Emil Priebsl, Steyr |
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| Reverse lettering | Zwanzig Heller Gemeinde Klaus O.-Öst. 20 20 Gemeindeausschuss-Beschluss vom 27. März 1920 Einlösungstermin vier Wochen nach Verlautbarung ABGETRAGEN |
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Klaus is a small municipality in the Steyrtal valley, and this Heller note is a product of the catastrophic currency fragmentation that followed Austria's defeat in 1918. As the new Republic of German-Austria lurched through hyperinflation and coin shortages, hundreds of municipalities printed their own Notgeld — emergency small-denomination paper — simply to keep local commerce moving. Emil Priebsl in nearby Steyr was the practical choice for many Upper Austrian communities lacking access to larger printers.
Three signatories authenticate this note: the mayor, deputy mayor, and cashier — an unusually full municipal sign-off that suggests the commune took its fiduciary responsibility seriously, or was nervous about counterfeiting.