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20 Heller Ternberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ternberg (Municipality of Ternberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR1063-20 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Ternberg Zwanzig Heller 20 Die Gemeinde Ternberg haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen und hat hiefür eine eigene Deckungsrücklage bestellt. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Ternberg, 1.4.1920. Der Bürgermeister: Grosstessner. Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in violet on cream paper and divided into two main zones. The left panel carries the denomination '20 Heller' at top and bottom in bold script, a text block stating the municipality's total issuance ceiling of 24,000 Kronen, and a lower redemption notice specifying that notes would be exchanged for legal tender at the municipal office until 31 December 1921, citing ordinance G.R.B. 29/III.1920; a narrow guilloche band separates the two text sections. The right panel is occupied by a detailed intaglio-style vignette of a Alpine village scene with multi-storey buildings set against a wooded hillside and a mountain range in the background. |
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Ternberg is a small market commune in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized Austrian municipalities, it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — in the years following World War I when the central supply of small coins essentially collapsed. The 20 Heller denomination sits squarely in the range most in demand for everyday transactions, which meant these notes circulated hard and were rarely set aside.
The Graz printing origin is consistent with a regional printer serving multiple Upper Austrian communes simultaneously during this period. Bürgermeister Grosstessner's signature gives the note its local administrative authority — municipal Notgeld had no formal legal tender status beyond the goodwill of the issuing community.