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20 Heller Molln
| Issuer | Gemeinde Molln (Municipality of Molln) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0625-20 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and presents a central panoramic vignette of the town of Molln set against a mountainous Alpine backdrop, rendered in a detailed letterpress style. The denomination '20' appears in each of the four corners within the ornate beaded border frame, and four bands of explanatory text in Gothic script surround the central image: upper band reads 'um den Kleingeldmangel zu bezwingen', lower band 'Wir aber sagen es g'rad heraus', left band 'Alle Gemeinden geben Notgeld aus', and right band 'Gesunder Vorsatz wie bringes'. The issuer's name 'Gemeinde Molln' with manuscript signatures and the year '1920' appear within the lower portion of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | um den Kleingeldmangel zu bezwingen Alle Gemeinden geben Notgeld aus Gesunder Vorsatz wie bringes Wir aber sagen es g'rad heraus Gemeinde Molln 1920 |
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Molln is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a piece of First World War-era Notgeld — emergency small change issued by municipalities across Austria when metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation after 1914. By 1920, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had already collapsed, and many of these locally issued pieces were being redeemed or withdrawn. The Gemeinde Molln issue belongs to that late wave, produced as the new Austrian Republic struggled to stabilize its currency.
The printed date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a recording or typographical error — that date falls at the very end of World War II, a context in which a 1920 Heller denomination would make no sense whatsoever.