20 Heller Schönau

Austrian municipal notgeld of this period was issued under emergency provisions that allowed local governments to fill the coin shortage left by wartime metal requisitioning. Schönau — a small Upper Austrian commune — was among hundreds of municipalities that printed their own fractional currency in 1920, typically in runs of a few thousand notes distributed through local cooperative stores or the municipal office itself.

Three signatories is unusual for a village-level issue; most comparable communes managed with two. The presence of Wiesbauer, Ameshofer, and Berger likely reflects a committee structure required by the issuing ordinance rather than any administrative complexity in the municipality itself.