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20 Heller Maria-Taferl
| Issuer | Maria Taferl, Commune of |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned Notgeld voucher with a dotted border frame enclosing the text "Gut-Schein" in bold Gothic script at the top, flanked by the numeral "20" on each side in large underprint. At centre, an oval laurel-wreath vignette presents a landscape view of the Maria Taferl pilgrimage church and surrounding buildings, tied at each side with a decorative ribbon bow. Below the vignette appear two facsimile signatures with their respective titles, followed by a two-line redemption clause in Gothic script stating validity from 1 May to 30 November 1920, issued at Maria Taferl in May 1920. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gut-Schein Zwanzig Heller 20 Dieser Gutschein wird von den gefertigten Geschäftsleuten in der Zeit von 1. Mai bis 30. November 1920 in gesetzlichen Bargelde eingelöst Maria Taferl im Mai 1920 Kaufmann Gastwirt |
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Maria Taferl is a small pilgrimage village in Lower Austria, home to a Baroque basilica that drew — and still draws — considerable foot traffic. During the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's collapse after World War I, hundreds of municipalities, parishes, and even individual businesses issued their own emergency paper money, the Notgeld. Maria Taferl's 20 Heller note is one of these hyperlocal issues, authorized under the commune's own name rather than any banking institution.
The series was self-liquidating by design — communes were expected to redeem their Notgeld once coinage returned to circulation, which largely happened by 1922.