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20 Heller St. Pölten
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde St. Pölten |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde St. Pölten über 20 Heller anno 1790 Druck A. Luigard E. F. Hofecker |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-violet on white paper within a uniform ornate border matching the obverse in style. At the top centre, the municipal arms of St. Pölten — a shield with lion passant, surmounted by a helmet and flanked by decorative mantling — serve as the official seal. The body of the note carries a block of Gothic blackletter text setting out the redemption obligation of the Stadtgemeinde, a watermark-style oval underprint reading 'GEMEINDE' in the centre ground, the issuance date 'St. Pölten, 30. Juni 1920', and three manuscript signatures for the Bürgermeister, Vice-Bürgermeister, and Gemeinderat respectively. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this period exists in enormous quantities, but the St. Pölten 20 Heller stands out for its local production — A. Luigard was a St. Pölten printer, not one of the Vienna commercial houses that handled most Lower Austrian emergency currency. E. F. Hofecker's design work for the series gave these notes a distinctly regional character at a moment when hyperinflationary pressure was already making the denomination nearly symbolic in practical terms.
The underprint security feature is modest by any measure, reflecting the municipal rather than state level of the issuer.