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20 Heller Wachau - Spitz an der Donau
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau (Market Town of Spitz on the Danube) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 30 September 1920 |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream-coloured paper with an all-text layout printed in black letterpress within a dotted rectangular border. The heading 'WACHAUER NOTGELD.' with subtitle 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU' is set at the top, flanked by the numeral '20' at each corner. The body carries a full legal redemption text in Gothic blackletter script, including the redemption period of 15 to 30 September 1920, followed by the anti-counterfeiting warning 'NACHAHMUNG WIRD BESTRAFT' and three facsimile signatures below the titles Vizebürgermeister, Bürgermeister, and 1. Geschäftss. Gem.-Rat. |
| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU 20 DIE MARKTGEMEINDE SPITZ A./D. HASTET MIT IHREM GANZEN BEWEGLICHEN UND UNBEWEG-LICHEN 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 a Notgeld issue — Austrian emergency municipal scrip produced in the years following World War I, when small-denomination coins essentially vanished from circulation and hundreds of towns and market communities filled the gap with locally printed paper. Spitz an der Donau, a small wine-producing town in the Wachau valley, commissioned Professor Eduard Tomschik of Krems to design its series, a local arrangement typical of the better-presented Notgeld issues where regional artistic talent was engaged over generic commercial printers.
Eduard Sieger of Vienna handled the printing. Three municipal officials signed each note, including both the Bürgermeister and Vizebürgermeister — an unusually formal authorization structure for scrip of this denomination.