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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 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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| Reverse lettering | Vorarlberger Landeskasse 20 HELLER 20 HELLER Heller 20 Heller VORARLBERGER LANDESKASSE |
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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.