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20 Heller Schönbichl
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schönbichl (Municipality of Schönbichl) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Tan-toned notgeld voucher with a central oval vignette depicting a farmer guiding a horse-drawn plough across a field, with a village church visible in the background. The denomination '20' appears in bold Gothic numerals within circular cartouches at left and right, each captioned 'Zwanzig' and 'Heller' respectively. The lower half carries the issuing authority in Gothic script — 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Schönbichl, Bezirk Amstetten, N.-Ö.' — followed by the printed facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister, Vice-Bürgermeister, and a Gemeinderat, with validity date '30. Dez. 1920' at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain tan underprint with a decorative scroll border framing the full reverse. The heading 'Gutschein der Gemeinde Schönbichl, Bezirk Amstetten, N.-Ö.' is set in Gothic lettering at the top, flanked by the denomination '20 Heller' in matching style at the upper corners. The body of the note contains a block of justified German text in Gothic script outlining the legal basis for issuance (council resolution of 21 March 1920), the redemption conditions, and a counterfeiting warning. At the foot, a decorative band carries the inscription 'Zwanzig 20 Heller' flanked by guilloche ornaments. |
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Schönbichl is a small Lower Austrian municipality, and this note is a Notgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip produced during the acute coin shortage that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War. The Habsburg coinage system had effectively collapsed, and hundreds of small communities across Austria printed their own low-denomination paper to substitute for vanished copper and nickel. Three signatories authenticating a 20 Heller note speaks to how seriously even minor parishes took the formality of issue.