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20 Heller Krieglach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Krieglach (Municipality of Krieglach) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and black on grey paper, the obverse carries an elaborate lace-like ornamental border with scrollwork and rosette guilloche elements. The central vignette presents a bust portrait of the Austrian writer Peter Rosegger, inscribed with his name in script lettering and flanked by edelweiss blossoms; oval cartouches to the left and right contain full-length figures in traditional Styrian folk costume. The denomination "Zwanzig Heller" is stated in large decorative script along the lower margin, with the numeral "20" repeated at each corner, and the legend "Gutschein Gemeinde Krieglach" appears across the top. A note at lower left reads "II. Auflage" (second edition). |
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| Reverse lettering | Markt-Brunnen Die Gemeinde Krieglach löst diesen Gutschein bis 31. Oktober 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde ein. Der Bürgermeister: Die Vicebürgermeister: Die Nachahmung wird gesetztl. bestraft. Krieglach |
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Krieglach is a small market town in Styria, Austria, best known as the birthplace of the writer Peter Rosegger. Like hundreds of other Austrian municipalities during the First World War, Krieglach issued its own small-denomination emergency paper money — Notgeld — to address a severe shortage of coins in circulation. The imperial coinage had largely vanished from everyday trade, hoarded or melted as metal values rose.
The Jaksc reference places this firmly within the documented Austrian municipal Notgeld series. These community-issued pieces were typically authorized locally, printed in small quantities, and redeemed once coin circulation recovered — most saw genuine daily use.