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20 Heller St. Roman
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sankt Roman (Municipality of Sankt Roman) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Gemeinde St. Roman löst diesen Schein laut Sitzungsbeschluss vom 24. Mai 1920 vier Wochen nach Verlautbarung in gesetzlichem Bargelde bei der hiesigen Raiffeisen-Kasse ein. Bürgermeister. Widegger 20 Heller. |
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| Signature(s) | Widegger (Bürgermeister) |
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Sankt Roman is a small municipality in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept through Austrian communities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Municipal governments were legally permitted to issue their own emergency small-denomination scrip, and thousands did, with wildly varying production quality depending on local resources.
The Widegger mayoral signature dates the note to a specific, narrow administrative window. Cross-referencing the Jaksc catalog places this among the rarer rural Upper Austrian issues — smaller Gemeinden printed in far lower quantities than the tourist-oriented Notgeld series produced simultaneously by larger towns.