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20 Heller Sipbachzell
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sipbachzell (Municipality of Sipbachzell) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper within a ruled border. A central circular vignette enclosed by a wreath shows a standing male pilgrim or wanderer in heavy cloak and fur-trimmed hat, leaning on a staff against a landscape background. A decorative scroll cartouche above carries the municipality name 'SIPBACHZELL' in bold letters, surmounted by the legend 'Gutschein der Gemeinde' in a curved banner. The denomination '20 HELLER' and 'Zwanzig' appear in mirrored positions at left and right, rendered in a gothic blackletter typeface. |
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| Signature(s) | Gutbrunner |
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Sipbachzell is a small rural municipality in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency small-change currency produced during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria from roughly 1914 onward. Thousands of Austrian municipalities printed their own Heller denominations during this period, and Sipbachzell was one of the smallest communities to do so. The single signature, Gutbrunner, almost certainly identifies a local official — likely the Bürgermeister — rather than a bank officer.