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20 Heller Kufstein
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Kufstein (City of Kufstein) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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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 |
| Reverse description | Plain cream-coloured reverse with no printed design, retaining a faint ghost impression of the obverse letterpress text visible through the thin paper stock. The surface shows the natural texture of the unprinted paper, typical of wartime emergency Notgeld issues. |
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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.