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20 Heller Sankt Johann am Wimberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sankt Johann am Wimberg (Municipality of Sankt Johann am Wimberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | HANSBERG GUTSCHEIN der Gemeinde St. JOHANN 20 HELLER 20 |
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| Signature(s) | Josef Wolkersdorfer |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine coin shortage that persisted well after the First World War ended — the national mint simply could not keep pace with demand for small-denomination coinage, and hundreds of lower Austrian villages printed their own emergency paper to fill the gap. Sankt Johann am Wimberg, a small market commune in the Mühlviertel district of Upper Austria, was among them. Josef Wolkersdorfer's signature as issuing authority almost certainly reflects a mayoral or council secretary role rather than a banking function — these were municipal obligations, not bank notes.
The 1920 Austrian notgeld wave produced enormous quantities of small-denomination paper across the country, much of it deliberately collected at the time and never redeemed.