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20 Heller Schönau an der Triesting
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schönau an der Triesting (Municipality of Schönau an der Triesting) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Schönau a/d Triesting 20 HELLER DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD BEI AUF ÖFFENTLICHE BEKANNTGABE IN SCHÖNAU EINGELÖST NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT SCHÖNAU 1. JUNI 1920 – BÜRGERMEISTER Robert Häuser |
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| Reverse lettering | Ein schönes Stück Heimat Ist unser klein Ort. Es bezeugen dies Träumer In Liedern und Wort. Ihr Liebhabersammler Bewahrt's wie 'nen Schatz, Und reiht unser Notgeld An den all'ersten Platz. Otto Bersch. |
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Schönau an der Triesting is a small market town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities, it resorted to issuing its own emergency small change — Notgeld — following the severe coin shortage that gripped the former Habsburg territories in the aftermath of the First World War. The Heller denominations were particularly practical: by 1920, the Austrian crown had inflated enough that 20 Heller was genuinely useful in daily transactions, but metal coinage at that level had largely vanished from circulation.
Robert Häuser, whose signature appears on the note, was almost certainly the Bürgermeister at the time of issue — local Notgeld was typically authorized and signed by the sitting mayor.