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20 Heller Lambach
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lambach (Market Town of Lambach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Lambach Diese Gutscheine werden v. 1. bis 31. 12. 1920 bei der Kasse der Marktgemeinde Lambach eingelöst. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. 20 Heller. |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue-black ink with a blue underprint, the reverse carries a central vignette of a multi-storey town building rendered in fine line engraving, flanked on either side by the denomination '20' and 'HELLER' in large bold type. The heading 'Lambach' appears in blackletter script across the top, and the lower portion contains a formal declaration in Gothic typeface affirming the municipality's liability for redemption, dated by council resolution of 30 March 1920. Two signature lines for municipal officials appear at the foot, with manuscript signatures and a printed countersignature line below. |
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Lambach is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of comparable municipalities, it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that followed Austria's collapse after the First World War. These local issues were authorized by necessity rather than by any central banking authority, and the Marktgemeinde itself bore full responsibility for redemption.
The JPR0496a series was printed locally, which typically meant modest production quality and limited quantities. Lambach issues are not among the heavily collected tourist Notgeld of the period — they were genuine spending money, not philatelic products designed for outsiders.