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20 Heller Kufstein
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kufstein (City of Kufstein) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Light green Notgeld issued on a pale ground with a light guilloche underprint. To the left, a woodcut-style vignette of the Festung Kufstein fortress rising above the town, with the municipal coat of arms of Kufstein below it. The large denomination numeral '20' and the word 'Heller' dominate the centre-right in bold letterpress, accompanied by the issuing authority legend at top and redemption text below. The Bürgermeister's facsimile signature appears at lower right, with the issue date 'Kufstein, 1. Juli 1919' at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Kufstein Gutschein über 20 Heller welcher spätestens am 31. Dezember 1919 zur Einlösung aufgerufen wird Der Bürgermeister Kufstein, 1. Juli 1919 |
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Kufstein's 20 Heller notgeld dates from the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat and the dissolution of the Habsburg state. With small change disappearing from circulation almost overnight — hoarded, melted, or simply gone with the old regime — municipalities across the former empire began issuing their own emergency fractional paper. Kufstein's series was printed locally, a common arrangement that kept production costs down but resulted in variable quality across the run.
The JPR0491e suffix indicates this belongs to a documented sub-variant within the Kufstein emission, distinguishing it from earlier or later printings of the same denomination.