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20 Heller Strengberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Strengberg (Municipality of Strengberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Strengberg 20 Gutschein |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Strengberg Zwanzig 20 Zwanzig 20 Heller Heller Bild in der Kirche aus der Zeit 1329 Die Gemeinde Strengberg haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein bis 31. Dezember 1920 einzulösen. Der Vizebürgermeister: Michael Geigl Der Bürgermeister: Stefan Wieser Der Gemd.-Kassier: Anton Fuchs Entwurf R. Prinz Drud v. F. Kielar, Amstetten |
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Strengberg is a small market commune in Lower Austria, and this 20 Heller note is one of thousands of Austrian Notgeld pieces produced in the early 1920s to address the chronic small-coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. The printer, F. Kielar of Amstetten, handled emergency currency for several municipalities in the region — a local solution to a national problem.
Three signatures authenticate the note: the mayor, deputy mayor, and municipal treasurer. That the Gemeinde-Kassier signed personally rather than using a stamp suggests production runs were small enough to sign individually.