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20 Heller Mauthausen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Mauthausen (Market Town of Mauthausen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | An oval vignette at centre presents a detailed engraved panoramic view of Mauthausen as it appeared in 1649, with the town gate and church tower rising above rows of civic buildings set against rolling hills. The denomination numeral '20' appears in bold blackletter type in each of the four corners, framing the central vignette within a decorative border of interlocking spiral scroll motifs. The printer's imprint 'E. Prietzel, Steyr' is noted in the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is set in elaborate blackletter script throughout, with the large denomination inscription 'Zwanzig Heller' dominating the centre field. A header panel carries the issuer designation 'Gutschein der 20 Marktgemeinde Mauthausen', and below the denomination a redemption clause in German text states the obligation of the Marktgemeinde Mauthausen to redeem the note in legal currency within four weeks of publication. Three manuscript signatures appear at the foot below their respective title lines for Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and Gemeinderat. |
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Mauthausen's 20 Heller Notgeld dates from the peak years of Austrian municipal emergency currency, when the postwar collapse of the krone and chronic coin shortages forced even small market towns to print their own fractional notes. Prietzel in Steyr was a regional workhorse printer for Upper Austrian Notgeld, producing runs for numerous municipalities in the area during this period — competent work, not artistic ambition.
The Marktgemeinde status of Mauthausen is worth noting: as a market town rather than a full Stadtgemeinde, it occupied a specific administrative tier that gave it the legal standing to issue such notes locally.