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20 Heller Lofer
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lofer (Market Town of Lofer) |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | Zwanzig Heller Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Lofer, Ld. Salzburg Giltig bis 28. Feber 1921. Nachdruck verboten. Der Bürgermeister: Der Vizebürgerm. Gem. Kat. 20 Hl 3. AUFLAGE |
| Reverse description | The reverse, also printed in dark red on a buff ground, centres on a topographical vignette of a cobbled street scene in Lofer, with Alpine-style houses lining the lane and edelweiss motifs in the lower margin. At left, the heraldic lion shield of Salzburg province appears within a decorative cartouche, balanced at right by a circular medallion bearing a standing figure of the Virgin Mary. The bold denomination '20 Hl' is placed in each upper corner and repeated in large format at the outer edges of the composition. |
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Lofer is a small market town in the Salzburg district of St. Johann, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it resorted to issuing its own emergency paper during World War One when small-denomination coinage disappeared from circulation almost entirely. These Notgeld issues — locally produced, locally redeemed — were never intended to travel far. The Wagner press in Innsbruck handled a significant volume of Tyrolean and Salzburg municipal issues during this period, which gives this note a regional printing identity rather than the Vienna-centric production typical of larger Austrian emergency currency.
The Jaksch/Pick reference suffix "c" indicates a distinct variety within the Lofer 20 Heller series — likely a color, paper, or typographic variant.