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20 Heller Mitterndorf
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Mitterndorf |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0621IIa-20 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted save for a centrally applied oval official stamp in violet ink bearing the legend 'ORTSGEMEINDE MITTERNDORF' with the additional text 'Pol. Bez. Gröbming, Steiermark' around the inner border, serving as the authenticating seal of the issuing municipality. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Mitterndorf's Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld produced between 1919 and 1921, when the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipalities scrambling to cover small-denomination shortages that Vienna could not address. The Ortsgemeinde — the local parish commune, not a bank — assumed the issuing role out of necessity, stamped the notes with an official seal to confer whatever authority it could, and hoped the surrounding community would accept them.
The Jaksc/Pick reference suffix "IIa" indicates a recognized variety within the series, suggesting at least one other emission exists for comparison.