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20 Heller Schönau im Mühlkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schönau im Mühlkreis (Municipality of Schönau im Mühlkreis) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Zwanzig Heller Die Gemeinde Schönau läßt diesen Schein bis 31. Dez. 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde ein Notgeld der Gemeinde Schönau Laut Beschluss der Gemeindeausschusitzung vom 4. Mai 1920 Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft Der Bürgermeister 20 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark red on pale pink paper and carries no text. A central oval vignette shows a male agricultural worker raking in a field, with a hilltop castle or church visible in the background landscape. The flanking margins are filled with stylised tree or branch ornaments in Art Nouveau taste, each incorporating the numeral '20', and the outer border repeats a zigzag guilloche pattern. |
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Schönau im Mühlkreis is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note belongs to the enormous wave of Notgeld that Austrian municipalities were forced to produce from 1919 onward as the newly formed Republic struggled with chronic coin shortages in the postwar economy. Thousands of communes issued their own emergency scrip during this period, and the Jaksch catalog alone documents hundreds of Upper Austrian parishes alone.
The "c" suffix in the Jaksch reference indicates a distinct variety within the Schönau 20 Heller type — likely a signature, paper, or overprint variation rather than a reissue.