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20 Heller Mautern
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Mautern an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain salmon-pink reverse printed in dark brown Gothic script, headed '2. Auflage.' (second edition). A four-line humorous verse about banknote collectors is set in italic Gothic type, followed by a bold central inscription stating the issuing authority and denomination, and concluded by three lines giving the validity period, redemption deadline of 31 December 1920, and the anti-counterfeiting warning 'Nachahmung strafbar.' |
| Reverse lettering | 2. Auflage. Ein Sammler führte Scheine heim, Gleich einen ganzen Karren. Ich glaub die Welt ging aus dem Leim, Gäbs nicht auch solche Narren. Gutschein der Stadtgemeinde Mautern a. d. D. über 20 Heller. Giltig bis 31. Dezember 1920. Einlösungsfrist 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920. Nachahmung strafbar. |
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Mautern an der Donau, a small town in Lower Austria, issued these Heller notes during the Notgeld period — the wave of emergency municipal coinage and paper that swept Austria and Germany after the First World War left central authorities unable to supply adequate small change. By 1920, the worst of the shortage was already passing; issues this late tend to reflect local administrative inertia as much as genuine necessity.
The Jaksch reference places this firmly in the documented Austrian Notgeld corpus, though Mautern issues are not among the more widely collected in the series.