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20 Heller Vöcklabruck
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Vöcklabruck |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green and red-brown on cream paper, divided into two distinct panels. The left panel carries a letterpress vignette of the Stadtturm (city tower) and adjacent historical buildings of Vöcklabruck's market square, with the artist's signature 'F. HAHN' at lower left. The right panel bears two heraldic shields — the town coat of arms and the Upper Austrian provincial arms — above the issuer inscription 'Stadtgemeinde Vöcklabruck', the date 'Vöcklabruck, 17. März 1920', the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature, and the large denomination word 'HELLER' in red. The denomination 'Gutschein 20 Heller 20' appears in a gothic script cartouche at upper left, framed by a dashed border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 20 Heller 20 Stadtgemeinde Vöcklabruck Vöcklabruck, 17. März 1920 Der Burgermeister: HELLER |
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Austrian municipal Notgeld of this type was a direct response to the postwar coin shortage that left small-denomination transactions nearly impossible across much of the former Habsburg territory. Vöcklabruck, a modest Upper Austrian market town, issued its own scrip like hundreds of other Gemeinden during 1920 — the legal basis being temporary emergency provisions that Vienna never intended to become so widespread or so varied in design.
E. Pnietzel of Steyr handled the printing, a regional firm that took on considerable Notgeld work during this period. The JPR1116IIa designation within the Jaksch catalog indicates a specific variant within the Vöcklabruck issue series.