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20 Heller Vichtenstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Vichtenstein (Municipality of Vichtenstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#PR1108b-20.1 |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Anno 1400. 20 Heller Vichtenstein L. Haase Linz |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Vichtenstein gibt laut Beschluss vom 13. Juni 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 50000 Kr aus, und haftet für die Ver- bindlichkeit diesen Gutschein bis 31. Dec. 1920 bei der GemeindeKassa in gesetzlichen Bargeld einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister: Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Druck: B. Langhammer Linz |
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Vichtenstein is a small municipality in Upper Austria, perched above the Danube near the German border, with a population that has rarely exceeded a few hundred. The 20 Heller note is part of the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1922, when postwar currency shortages and coin hoarding left small communities scrambling to produce their own small-denomination scrip. B. Langhammer of Linz handled a considerable volume of this regional emergency paper, and the designer credit to L. Haase — also Linz-based — suggests a straightforward local commercial commission rather than anything bespoke.
The PR1108b designation indicates a variant within the Vichtenstein series.