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20 Heller Wachau - Mitter Arnsdorf
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau (Market Town of Spitz on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 HELLER 20 Mitter Arnsdorf Wachauer Notgeld |
| Reverse description | Plain cream-toned reverse printed in black gothic script, with a dotted rectangular border enclosing the full text. The heading 'WACHAUER NOTGELD.' is centred at the top, followed by 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU.' beneath. A block of legal text in smaller gothic type states the liability of the Marktgemeinde Spitz a/D. and the redemption terms valid to 30 September 1920, with the warning 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT.' Three handwritten signatures appear below the printed role titles 'VIZEBÜRGERMEISTER:', 'BÜRGERMEISTER:' and '1. GESCHÄFTSF. GEM.-RAT:', with the edition note 'II. AUSGABE, II. AUFLAGE' at the foot. |
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Spitz an der Donau issued this Heller notgeld during Austria's post-war small-change famine, when coin metal was still being absorbed into reparations accounting and the national treasury had no interest in supplying rural municipalities with fractional currency. Local market towns across the Wachau printed their own, and Spitz produced several distinct types — the "Mitter Arnsdorf" designation identifying this as one of the locality-specific variants within the series rather than a general municipal issue.
The Jaksch Pick 6IIc classification places this in a later subtype, suggesting at least one reissue or plate revision preceded it.