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20 Heller Lilienfeld, Red issue
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld (Market Town of Lilienfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 HELLER 20 ZWANZIG LILIENFELD Die Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld haftet für die Einlösung im gesetzlichen Bargelde bis 31. Dezember 1920 Der Vizebürgermeister Der Bürgermeister Der Gemeinderat |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse printed entirely in red, with no pictorial vignette or border ornament. The heading 'III. Auflage.' appears in bold at top, followed by the two-line title 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Lilienfeld' in large display type. A block of justified text in smaller letterpress sets out the redemption conditions, citing the council resolution of 30 April 1920, a total issue of 30,000 Kronen, and the redemption window of 20 to 31 December 1920, with a provision for public announcement of any extension. |
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Lilienfeld's 1920 Heller notgeld series belongs to the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Lower Austria after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small denominations effectively unavailable. The market town issued these notes under its own authority — a common but legally awkward arrangement that the new Austrian republic tolerated out of necessity rather than design.
The "red issue" designation distinguishes this from color variants in the same series, a distinction that matters for completeness collectors since Jaksch-catalogued Lilienfeld notgeld is known in multiple printings with subtle differences in ink and paper stock. Ing. E. Schmidt's design credit is unusually specific for a piece of this scale.