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20 Heller St. Wolfgang
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Sankt Wolfgang |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Heller Die Marktgemeinde St. Wolfgang ATW. v. K. REISENBICHLER DRUCK G. WESEL / SALZBURG |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a colourful letterpress vignette of the pilgrimage church of Sankt Wolfgang am Abersee, rendered in an Expressionist illustrative style with stylised golden clouds against a pale sky, the church tower and nave set above a rocky lakeside embankment with surrounding townhouses. Below the vignette, a text panel in Gothic script states the redemption terms and validity date, flanked by the large denomination numeral '20' on each side above the inscription 'Heller'. A facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister appears within the text panel, with the printer's imprint and designer's credit in red at the lower corners. |
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One of hundreds of Austrian Notgeld issues from the early 1920s, this 20 Heller piece from the lakeside resort town of St. Wolfgang is notable primarily as a local printing: Kiesel's Salzburg press handled a number of Salzkammergut municipal issues during this period, giving the regional series a degree of visual and material consistency unusual among emergency coinage substitutes.
Reisenbichler's involvement places this among the more deliberately designed examples — St. Wolfgang attracted artists and was already a recognized tourist destination before the currency collapse made small-denomination paper a necessity.