20 Heller St. Georgen an der Leys

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.