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20 Heller Vorarlberg
| Issuer | Vorarlberger Landeskasse (Vorarlberg Provincial Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-tinted notgeld printed in dark brown, with the issuer's title 'Vorarlberger Landeskasse' in Gothic script at the top, above the denomination inscription 'Gutschein über Zwanzig Heller' in bold blackletter type. The central field carries a validity clause in German, flanked by circular guilloche underprint vignettes bearing the denomination numeral '20' and the arms of Vorarlberg, with two manuscript signatures below — captioned 'Der Finanzreferent' at left and 'Der Landeshauptmann' at right — and the issuing authority 'Vorarlberger Landesrat, Bregenz, am 1. Oktober 1919' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Vorarlberger Landeskasse. Gutschein über Zwanzig Heller Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Giltigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb 3 Monaten nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung bei der Vorarlberger Landeskasse in Bregenz eingelöst wird Die Nachahmung dieses Gutscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft Vorarlberger Landesrat. Bregenz, am 1. Oktober 1919. Der Finanzreferent: Der Landeshauptmann: |
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Austria's post-WWI collapse left provincial governments scrambling to fill a severe small-change vacuum. Vorarlberg, geographically isolated in the far west and separated from Vienna by the rest of Austria, issued its own Heller Notgeld through the Landeskasse rather than waiting on a central banking system that had effectively ceased to function. There was genuine separatist sentiment in the province at the time — a 1919 referendum showed overwhelming popular support for joining Switzerland rather than remaining in the rump Austrian state.
The note's small dimensions reflect the material austerity of the period; paper quality in Austrian provincial issues of 1919 is notoriously inconsistent.