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20 Heller Luftenberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Luftenberg (Municipality of Luftenberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also printed in red on cream paper, is dominated by a lengthy text block in German Gothic script arranged within a decorative foliate and scroll border with stylised floral corner ornaments. A large calligraphic initial 'G' with rose motif occupies the left margin, and the text includes a four-line verse at the top followed by the official redemption notice. A facsimile mayoral signature appears at the lower right beneath the title 'Der Bürgermeister'. |
| Reverse lettering | Dieser Schein erzält von Not. Von Teuerung und Kriegesbrot. Ohne Fett und ohne Braten. Gott gebs dass heuer die Ernl' wird gratin. Die Gemeinde Luftenberg gibt laut Sitzungsbeschluss vom 2. Mai 1920 Gutscheine aus im Gesamtbetrage von 30.000 Kr. und haftet dafür mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen. Diese Gutscheine werden bis 31. Dec. 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde bei der Gemeindekasse eingelöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft. Der Bürgermeister. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this period was largely a local affair driven by the postwar coin shortage — the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system in 1918 left municipalities scrambling to fill the gap in small-denomination circulation. Luftenberg, a small commune on the south bank of the Danube east of Linz, issued this 20 Heller note as emergency scrip for exactly that reason. L. Haase was a Linz-based printer that handled numerous Upper Austrian Notgeld commissions during this window, and the work tends to be competent rather than elaborate.
The JPR0570e suffix indicates this falls within a documented series for the commune, suggesting multiple denominations were issued concurrently.