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| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Steinerkirchen an der Traun |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Ortsgemeinde Steinerkirchen a. d. Tr. / Die Ortsgemeinde Steinerkirchen an der Traun haftet für die Verbindlichkeit der Einlösung dieses Gutscheines in gesetzlichem Bargelde bis zum 31. Oktober 1920. Nachahmen strafbar / M. Aicher Gemeinderat. / G. Leitner Bürgermeister. / 20 / Verschüttet, begraben im Sand und Kies, Das war das Los dieser beiden; Im „Waldgraben” fand man ihr Grabverlies, Jahr Neunzehn erschloß es die Leiten. — „Verschüttet, begraben”, auch unser Los; Viel Not und kein Gold, immer Notgeld bloß Wird's immer, wird's ewig so währen? Wir dringen zum Licht: durch Arbeit in Ehren! P. L. B. / Gutschein über 20 Heller |
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| Reverse lettering | RÖMERFUND. / STEINERKIRCHEN / A.D.T. 1920. / 20 / HL / SALZKAMMERGUT-DRUCKEREI GMUNDEN |
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Steinerkirchen an der Traun was a small Upper Austrian commune that issued this Heller note as part of the Notgeld wave that flooded Austria between 1919 and 1921, when chronic coin shortages left rural communities effectively without small change. The Salzkammergut-Druckerei in Gmunden handled printing for numerous such local issues across the region — an efficient arrangement that gave these notes a degree of technical consistency even as the issuing authorities remained highly localized.
The Jaksc/Pick reference suffix "IIa-20.2" suggests at least one variant exists within the type, likely a signature or printing distinction. Bürgermeister Leitner's countersignature was the legally validating element; the Gemeinderat signature of Aicher served as the secondary authorization required under the commune's own issuance protocols.