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20 Heller Lichtenau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Lichtenau bei Haslach (Municipality of Lichtenau near Haslach, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld voucher printed in blue ink on plain white paper, enclosed within a double-ruled rectangular border with decorative corner accents. The left portion carries the full redemption text in German blackletter (Fraktur) script, stating the municipality's obligation to redeem the note in legal tender within four weeks of public announcement, dated Lichtenau, 14 July 1920, with the mayor's name Hugo Gumpenberger printed below the issuing authority line. To the right, a bold geometric panel formed by vertical rules and a dotted inner frame contains the large numeral "20" indicating the denomination, with a small printer's mark in the lower-left margin. |
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| Signature(s) | Hugo Gumpenberger |
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Lichtenau bei Haslach is a small parish commune in the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that followed Austria's postwar economic collapse. With the central monetary system in disarray and small coin almost entirely absent from daily commerce, thousands of Austrian municipalities — including ones this size — were legally permitted to issue their own emergency scrip from 1919 onward. Lichtenau's issue is signed by Hugo Gumpenberger, almost certainly the Bürgermeister at the time.
The Jaksc catalogue reference JPR517-20a suggests this is the sole denomination recorded for the commune, which implies a limited and targeted issue rather than a full local currency series.