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20 Heller Ried im Traunkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ried im Traunkreis (Municipality of Ried im Traunkreis) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue-violet on cream paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of a local church with a tower set amid trees and foliage, enclosed within an arched cartouche. Flanking the vignette are the denomination numerals '20' in large Gothic script on each side, with 'Heller' inscribed below in matching style. The upper field bears the issuer inscription 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Ried im Traunkreis' in ornate lettering, and the lower field carries a German-language redemption obligation text dated 'Ried i.Tr., 1. April 1920', followed by a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 Mei Nam' kimmt von „Reut'n", 's guat Geld kimmt von Leut'n, Da guat Most kimmt va mir, Drum vertrinkts dös Papier und tats net schier. Gutschein der Gemeinde Ried im Traunkreis Die Gemeinde Ried im Traunkreis gibt Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 52.000 K aus. Dieselben werden bis 31. Oktober 1920 von der Gemeindekassa Ried im Traunkreis in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. Die Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Ried im Traunkreis is a small Upper Austrian market town, and this 20 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued by Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 when coin shortages — aggravated by the economic collapse following the dissolution of the Habsburg Empire — left small communities scrambling to fill the gap in everyday transactions. Thousands of parishes, towns, and local authorities printed their own emergency pfennig-denominated notes, many commissioning modest local printers with no particular artistic ambition.
The Jaksc reference places this firmly within the documented Upper Austrian municipal series, catalogued systematically precisely because so many of these hyper-local issues were otherwise impossible to track.