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20 Heller Neuhaus
| Issuer | Gemeinde Neuhaus im Wienerwald (Municipality of Neuhaus im Wienerwald) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0646g-20 |
| Obverse description | Printed in rose-red on cream paper, the obverse carries two engraved vignettes of the Neuhaus castle and village: a smaller inset view in the upper left corner and a larger panoramic view of the fortified hilltop settlement with church tower to the right. The denomination numeral '20' appears within a circular cartouche at centre-bottom, flanked by the redemption obligation text, while the upper right area bears three manuscript facsimile signatures beneath their respective official titles. A historical note in Gothic script at the lower left records the restoration of the castle by Emperor Karl VI in 1726. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Gemeinde Neuhaus im Wienerwald NEYHAUS ANNO 1000 HELLER 20 Kaiser Karl VI. hat diese von den Türken verwüstete Burg zur Zierde des Landes im Jahre 1726 wiederhergestellt. Bürgermeister: Obe-Bürgermeister: Geschäftsführender Gemeinderat: Die Gemeinde Neuhaus hasset diesen Schein bis 30. September 1920 einzulösen. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine small-change shortage that persisted well after the First World War ended. The central government could not supply sufficient low-denomination coins, so hundreds of individual Gemeinden printed their own emergency paper. Neuhaus im Wienerwald was one of the smaller Lower Austrian communities to do so, and its 1920 issue falls into the later wave of notgeld production — by which point some municipalities had shifted from pure necessity toward collector appeal, issuing decorative series specifically for the philatelic market.
Whether this 20 Heller piece was genuinely spent in local commerce or printed primarily for collectors is a question that follows nearly every Austrian notgeld entry from this period.