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20 Heller Lofer
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lofer (Market Town of Lofer) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Wagner, Innsbruck |
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| Obverse lettering | Zwanzig Heller Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde Lofer, Ld. Salzburg. Giltig bis 31. März 1921. Nachdruck verboten. Der Bürgermeister: Der Vizebürgerm. Gem. Rat. 20 Hl |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in deep red and tan, with large numeral '20' in each upper corner and 'Hl' repeated in each lower corner against a hatched guilloche underprint. The central vignette depicts the Pass Strub memorial monument of 1809, set against a mountain landscape rendered in detailed woodcut style, with the Salzburg provincial coat of arms to the lower left and a religious heraldic emblem to the lower right. A two-line inscription in Gothic script runs along the lower margin, with the notation '2. Auflage' (second edition) at the bottom left. |
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Lofer is a small market town in the Salzburg region, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the Kleingeldersatz crisis that swept Austria after World War One. The collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipal authorities across the country scrambling to fill the void left by hoarded and vanished small coinage — Lofer, with a population in the hundreds, was among hundreds of communities that took matters into their own hands.
Wagner of Innsbruck handled a substantial volume of these Notgeld commissions across Tyrol and Salzburg. The JPR0560b designation indicates this is the second recorded type for the denomination, suggesting Lofer issued at least one earlier version before this printing.