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20 Heller Viehdorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Viehdorf (Municipality of Viehdorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Tan-toned Notgeld note with a scalloped border. Two oval vignettes flank the central text area: the left vignette shows a medieval tower amid trees, the right a church with a steeple set in a landscape. The denomination numeral "20" appears in bold Gothic type at lower left and right. Below the central issuer inscription, three lines of Gothic text state the municipality's liability, the counterfeiting warning, and the date of issue. The designer credit "Entwurf Steffi Reiner" and printer credit "Druck von J. Rieler, Amstetten" appear in small type at the lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Viehdorf 20 Die Gemeinde haftet für die Verbindlichkeit bis 31. Dezember 1920. Nachahmung wird strengstens bestraft. Viehdorf im April 1920. Entwurf Steffi Reiner Druck von J. Rieler, Amstetten |
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Viehdorf is a small Lower Austrian village, and this 20 Heller Notgeld is precisely the kind of hyper-local emergency currency that the post-WWI coin shortage forced even the most obscure municipalities to produce. Printed by J. Rieler in nearby Amstetten — a regional jobbing printer with no particular numismatic pedigree — rather than one of the Vienna houses that dominated the more elaborate Notgeld series, which kept costs down but resulted in simpler production values.
Three signatories authenticated the issue: the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a single Gemeinderat. That the designer, Steffi Reiner, is named at all is mildly unusual for a village note of this scale.