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20 Heller Säusenstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Säusenstein (Municipality of Säusenstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central rectangular vignette with a line-art view of the Säusenstein monastery church set against a wooded hillside, with village buildings in the foreground. The denomination '20 Heller 20' is printed in bold Gothic script across the top, flanked by decorative foliate scroll borders in ochre underprint running the full height of the note. The place name 'Säusenstein' appears in large Gothic lettering along the lower margin, with the designer and printer credits ('Entwurf: Oskar Rettinger – Druck von F. Kielar, Amstetten') printed in small type beneath the vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 Heller Gutschein der Gemeinde Säusenstein Die Gemeinde Säusenstein haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Laufzeit bis 30. Dezember 1920. Rechnungslegung wird bestraft. Bürgermeister Entwurf: Oskar Rettinger – Druck von F. Kielar, Amstetten |
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Säusenstein is a tiny village in Lower Austria — so small that by the time this Heller note was issued in 1920, the postwar currency crisis had essentially forced dozens of Austrian municipalities to print their own emergency money, Notgeld, simply to maintain local commerce. The federal supply of small-denomination coins had collapsed entirely, and the gaps were filled by parishes, towns, and market communities across the country.
Printed by F. Kielar in nearby Amstetten with design credit to Oskar Rettinger, this is a genuinely local production — not a generic note dressed with a place name, but something commissioned at the village level. Rettinger's involvement suggests a degree of care unusual for a 20 Heller piece from a settlement this size.