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20 Heller Lorch
| Issuer | Gemeinde Lorch (Municipality of Lorch, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette, set within a shield-shaped frame, presents a Gothic funerary lantern (Totenleuchte) surrounded by trees and grave crosses, rendered in fine line engraving. Flanking the central shield on both left and right are tall Gothic trefoil arch panels, each enclosing the denomination numeral '20' above the legend 'HELLER'. The issuer inscription 'GEMEINDE LORCH.' appears in bold letterpress across the lower margin, separated from the main design by a ruled border with small lozenge ornaments. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large ornately engraved classical column or pedestal vignette on the left, bearing the Latin inscription 'SVA · PE CVNIA · CI VITAS · LAV REACENSIS' on its shaft, with scrollwork decoration at capital and base. To the right, a block of Gothic-script letterpress text sets out the legal tender declaration, redemption terms, place, and date of issue, concluding with the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister. The printer's imprint 'Buchdruckerei Brins' appears in small italics at the lower right corner. |
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Lorch — the Roman settlement of Lauriacum — was one of the most significant garrison towns on the Danube frontier, and the municipality leaned on that identity hard in the postwar years. This 20 Heller note is part of the broader Austrian Notgeld wave of 1920–1921, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system and chronic small-coin shortages forced hundreds of municipalities to print their own emergency money. Brins handled the job locally, which kept costs down but produced results that vary considerably in ink saturation and registration across the series.
JPR0564a designates the 20 Heller denomination within the Lorch issue specifically.