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20 Heller Wachau - Dürnstein
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with a detailed letterpress view of Dürnstein on the Danube, showing the monastery complex and church tower against a hillside with Dürnstein Castle ruins above; radiating guilloche lines extend from the oval to the four corners, each bearing the denomination numeral '20' above 'HELLER'. The top border carries the legend 'WACHAUER NOTGELD' and the bottom border reads 'DÜRNSTEIN a/d. DONAU', all printed in dark green on a light green underprint. Designer and printer credits appear in small type at the lower left and right margins. |
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| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU 20 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HAFTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEGLICHEN VERMÖGEN FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT, DIESEN SCHEIN BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 IN ZAHLUNG ZU NEHMEN UND IN DER ZEIT VOM 15. BIS 30. SEPT. 1920 GEGEN PERSÖNLICHE VORWEISUNG BEI DER GEMEINDEKASSE IN GESETZLICHEM BARGELDE EINZULÖSEN. NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT. VIZEBÜRGER-MEISTER: BÜRGERMEISTER: 1. GESCHÄFTSS. GEM.-RAT: |
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This is one of the Wachau notgeld issues — a coordinated series produced for the Spitz an der Donau district during the post-WWI coin shortage that paralyzed small commerce across Austria. The regional branding as "Wachau" rather than just the issuing municipality was a deliberate choice, partly to appeal to collectors who were already hunting these pieces in 1920 as souvenirs rather than spending money. That collector demand was real enough to drive several Austrian notgeld series into second and third printings with no genuine monetary purpose.
Eduard Sieger in Vienna was a prolific printer of Austrian notgeld, and the involvement of a named designer — Prof. Kampas of Mödling — places this among the more deliberately artistic issues of the type.