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20 Heller Pöndorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pöndorf (Municipality of Pöndorf, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | L. Haase, Linz |
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| Obverse description | Printed in reddish-brown on cream paper, the central vignette presents a panoramic rural scene of Pöndorf, with cattle and sheep grazing in the foreground and the village skyline — including a church steeple — visible in the background beneath a cloud-streaked sky. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large bold figures at lower left and lower right, flanked by decorative scrollwork and trefoil corner ornaments. A curved banner across the lower portion of the vignette carries the inscription 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Pöndorf,' with the printer credit 'Reklame Puka Linz' at lower left and the designer credit 'Gez. L. Haase Linz' at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in reddish-brown on cream paper, the reverse is set within a simple ruled border with repeating decorative band fillets. The central text block, in blackletter (Fraktur) script, reads 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Pöndorf,' followed by a multi-line legal text referencing the council resolution of 13 June 1920, the total issue of 50,000 Kronen, the municipality's full financial liability, and the conditions for expiry. The denomination numeral '20' appears in each corner, and the facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister (Fr. Schinagl) and Vizebürgermeister (Jof. Pichler) are printed at the foot. |
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Pöndorf is a small farming parish in the Hausruckviertel district of Upper Austria — one of several hundred Austrian municipalities that issued Notgeld in the immediate postwar years when small-denomination coinage simply vanished from circulation. The 20 Heller denomination was among the most common face values for this type of local scrip, intended for everyday transactions that federal currency couldn't service.
Reklame Puka of Linz handled a considerable volume of Upper Austrian municipal Notgeld printing during this period, and the designer credit to L. Haase — also Linz-based — suggests a straightforward local commission rather than any outside artistic involvement.