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20 Heller Marbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Marbach an der Donau (Municipality of Marbach an der Donau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Tan and dark brown Notgeld note with an ornate scrollwork border enclosing a geometric diamond-pattern underprint. The denomination '20' is set in large bold numerals at centre, flanked left and right by octagonal cartouches each bearing the monogram '20 H'. The issuer title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Marbach a.d. Donau' is inscribed in Gothic blackletter script across the upper field, with 'Heller' repeated on either side of the central vignette. A shield-shaped municipal coat of arms showing a fortified tower above waves occupies the lower centre, accompanied by redemption text and three manuscript signatures with titles. |
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| Reverse description | Tan and dark brown note sharing the same ornate scrollwork and geometric underprint border as the obverse. A large rectangular vignette at centre presents a woodcut-style panoramic view of Marbach an der Donau as seen from a timber bridge in the foreground, with the town's church tower, rooftops, and hillside visible across the water. The word 'Zwanzig' is spaced letter by letter in Gothic type along the upper margin, and 'Heller' is similarly spaced along the lower margin. |
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Marbach an der Donau is a small Lower Austrian market town, and like hundreds of similarly modest municipalities it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — in the aftermath of the First World War when coin simply disappeared from circulation. The 20 Heller denomination targets everyday small transactions: tram fares, bread, a newspaper. Jakob Philipp in Vienna was a commercial printer who handled a large volume of Austrian municipal Notgeld contracts during this period, producing notes that varied considerably in artistic ambition depending on what the issuing community was willing to spend.
The Heller itself was abolished in 1925 when Austria redenominated, rendering all such notes immediately obsolete.