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20 Heller St. Georgen an der Leys
| Issuer | Gemeinde St. Georgen an der Leys (Municipality of Sankt Georgen an der Leys) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Heller 20 Heller Gutschein der Gemeinde St. Georgen a.d. Leys gültig bis 28. Februar 1921. Die Gemeinde St. Georgen a.d. Leys löst diesen Schein vom 15. bis 28. Februar 1921 ein. Alois Schweighofer, Vizebürgermeister. Anton Prenninger, Bürgermeister. Ig. Kreil, Gemeinderat. August Schachinger, Gemeinderat. |
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| Signature(s) | Anton Prenninger (Bürgermeister), Alois Schweighofer (Vizebürgermeister), Ig. Kreil (Gemeinderat) and August Schachinger (Gemeinderat) |
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St. Georgen an der Leys is a small Austrian municipality, and this Heller note belongs to the vast wave of local Notgeld issued across Austria during the severe coin shortage of World War One. With four signatories — the mayor, vice-mayor, and two council members — the authorization structure reflects the cautious, committee-style legitimacy small parishes needed to justify issuing their own emergency currency. Four signatures on a 20 Heller note is not unusual for the period, but it does underscore how seriously even minor municipalities treated the legal exposure of paper emission.