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20 Heller St. Johann im Pongau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Sankt Johann im Pongau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Designer(s) | L. Pech |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a Tyrolean huntsman in traditional Alpine dress, rifle in hand, standing before a mountain landscape rendered in fine letterpress line work. The denomination numeral '20' appears in circular cartouches at upper left and right within decorative borders, with vertical side panels carrying stylized folk-art motifs and standing figures. The left text panel states the market commune's liability guarantee, while the right panel carries three manuscript signatures — of the Bürgermeister, the first municipal councillor, and the Sparkassa director — above the notation 'DECKUNGS-RÜCKLAGE BESTELLT.' |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ZWANZIG HELLER GILTIG BIS 31. DEZEMBER 1920 NACHAHMUNG W. GESETZE BESTRAFT DIE MARKTGEMEINDE ST. JOHANN I.P. HAFTET FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT DIESEN SCHEIN IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN UND HAT HIEFÜR EINE EIGENE DECKUNGS-RÜCKLAGE BESTELLT. DER BÜRGERMEIST DER I. GEMEINDERAT: DER SPARKASSA-DIREKTOR: 20 |
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Sankt Johann im Pongau is a market town in the Salzburg region, and this 20 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipal authorities scrambling to produce local small-denomination currency to fill the gap. Thousands of Gemeinden across Austria and Germany did the same, which makes individual attribution of designer credits — here "L. Pech" — relatively rare and worth noting.
The Marktgemeinde designation is specific: Sankt Johann held market town status under Austrian administrative law, giving it the authority to issue such instruments locally.