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20 Heller Senftenberg
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Senftenberg (Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a decorative border of small circles enclosing a six-line patriotic verse in Gothic script. Below the framed verse, a two-sentence declaration in German confirms the issuance of these Kassenscheine by the Marktgemeinde Senftenberg to alleviate the shortage of small change, pledging the community's assets as guarantee. The series designation 'Serie IV.' appears at the lower left and the notice 'Nachdruck verboten.' at the lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Wo der Strom der Nibelungen Zwischen Rebenhängen zieht, Ward für ew'ge Zeit gesungen Deutscher Treue hohes Lied. Deutsch in Lied und Tat zugleich, Bleibe treu, Deutschösterreich! Zur Behebung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Marktgemeinde Senftenberg diese Kassenscheine aus und haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem Vermögen. Serie IV. Nachdruck verboten. |
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Austrian Notgeld at the communal level was a symptom of the catastrophic coin shortages that followed the dissolution of the Habsburg monarchy. Senftenberg, a small Lower Austrian market town, issued this 20 Heller note in 1920 under the same emergency authority that permitted hundreds of municipalities to produce their own fractional currency when the central government simply could not supply enough small change.
The Jaksch/Pick reference places this within the JPR0993f series — the suffix indicating a distinct design or print variant within Senftenberg's Notgeld output, which collectors should verify carefully against plate details before cataloging.