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20 Heller Marchtrenk
| Issuer | Gemeinde Marchtrenk (Municipality of Marchtrenk) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE MARCHTRENK ZWANZIG 20 HELLER |
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| Reverse lettering | Zwanzig Heller Die Gemeinde Marchtrenk gibt laut Gememeinde-beschluß vom 22. Mai 1920, zur Abhilfe des Kleingeldmangels Gutscheine zu 10, 20 und 50 Heller im Betrage von K 50.000.— aus. Für die Einlösung dieser Scheine bis 31. Dezemb. 1920 in gesetzl. Bargelde haftet die Gemeinde. Der Bürgermeister: Dr. JOSEF HOLZHEY. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Marchtrenk is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency small change — Notgeld — to compensate for the near-total disappearance of low-denomination coinage in the aftermath of the First World War and the collapse of the Habsburg economy. The Gemeinde, not a bank, was the issuing authority, with Dr. Josef Holzhey signing in his capacity as a local official rather than any monetary institution.
The JPR0581b suffix indicates this is a variant within the Marchtrenk series — likely a paper stock or overprint distinction from a closely related type.