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20 Heller Obertrum
| Issuer | Gemeinde Obertrum (Municipality of Obertrum) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also printed in red-brown on cream paper, presents a central arched vignette of a tall church tower with billowing smoke clouds, referencing the inscription 'Brand 1912' above the arch, set against a landscape background. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large figures within decorative cartouches at the lower left and right corners. Below the vignette the text 'Gutschein über 20 Heller' is inscribed, while the heading 'Gemeinde Obertrum' runs across the top; the entire composition is enclosed within a border of stylised hop-vine and foliate ornaments. |
| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde Obertrum Brand 1912 Gutschein über 20 Heller 20 20 |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type was a direct consequence of the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. By 1920, small-denomination metal coinage had effectively vanished from everyday commerce, and hundreds of Austrian municipalities printed their own emergency paper to cover the gap. Obertrum am See, a small market town in Salzburg province, was one of thousands of communities that did so — which is precisely what makes this note unremarkable as a rarity but genuinely interesting as local economic history.
Most Salzburg-region notgeld of this period was printed in very small runs, redeemed quickly once coin supply stabilized, and rarely survived in quantity.