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20 Heller Schärding
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Schärding am Inn |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0951I-20 |
| Obverse description | Pink wavy-line guilloche underprint covers the entire face, with the denomination numeral '20' repeated in each corner. A bold black letterpress band across the upper third carries the value inscription 'Zwanzig Heller' in Gothic blackletter script, surmounted by the issuing authority legend. At centre, a rectangular vignette presents a townscape view of Schärding am Inn with buildings and the riverside. Below the vignette, two facsimile signature lines for the deputy mayor and the mayor are printed, with the validity date 'Gültig bis 30 Sept 1920' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Schärding a/Inn O.-Ö. Die Stadtgemeinde Schärding a/Inn O.Ö. gibt Gutscheine bis zu einem Gesamtbetrage von 80.000 Kr aus. G.A.B. vom 13/3 1920 Diese Gutscheine werden bis 30. September 1920 bei der Stadtkasse in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. 20 HELLER 20 E. Prietzel, Steyr |
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Schärding am Inn sits on the Austrian bank of the Inn River directly opposite the Bavarian town of Neuhaus, and the severe post-WWI coin shortage hit border communities like this one particularly hard — cross-border commerce depended on small change that the central authorities in Vienna simply could not supply. The Stadtgemeinde's solution was to issue its own Notgeld, and this 20 Heller note was part of that emergency series, printed by E. Prietzel in Steyr rather than sourced from any major security printer.
Prietzel was a regional commercial printer, not a specialist in currency production. That origin matters when assessing paper quality and ink consistency across surviving examples.