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20 Heller Maria Laach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Maria Laach am Jauerling (Municipality of Maria Laach am Jauerling) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is typeset in dark purple-red on plain cream paper with no pictorial vignette. The upper portion carries a four-line German verse in Fraktur script. Below, the designation 2. Serie appears at the left margin, followed by the central text block in mixed Fraktur and Roman type identifying this as Jauerlinger Notgeld der Gemeinde Maria Laach am Jauerling über 20 Heller. The validity clause states Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920, with an additional redemption instruction specifying the period 16. bis 31. Dezember 1920 bei persönlicher Vorweisung an der Gemeindekasse. A faint overprint or stamp impression is visible in the left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Wer immer auf den Jauerling gestiegen oder fuhr, Pries stets die herrliche Natur. Allein, ob unten oder oben, Sollst doch nur Gott, den Schöpfer, loben. 2. Serie. Jauerlinger Notgeld der Gemeinde Maria Laach am Jauerling über 20 Heller. Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920. Einlösefrist 16. bis 31. Dezember 1920 bei persönlicher Vorweisung an der Gemeindekasse. |
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Maria Laach am Jauerling is a small wine-growing commune in Lower Austria's Wachau region, and this 20 Heller Notgeld was issued in 1920 as part of the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Austria following the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Towns and villages printed their own small-denomination notes because coin shortages made everyday commerce nearly impossible — the central authorities could not produce enough low-value metal currency fast enough.
The "b" suffix in the Jaksch reference indicates a variant within the series, typically a difference in color run or paper stock rather than a design change.