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20 Heller Wachau - St Michael
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Spitz an der Donau |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and brown Notgeld voucher with a central vignette of the ruined castle of St. Michael rendered in a detailed artistic etching style, set against a dramatic cloudy sky with wildflowers in the foreground. Denomination numerals '20' appear in circular ornamental cartouches at each corner, and the heading 'WACHAUER-NOTGELD' runs across the top within a decorative border. To the right, the text panel reads 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Spitz a/d. N.' above the denomination '20 HELLER', with the municipal seal of Spitz below and the validity date 'Giltig bis 30. Sept. 1920' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | WACHAUER NOTGELD. GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE SPITZ AN DER DONAU. 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 one of hundreds of Austrian Notgeld issues printed in Vienna during the post-WWI currency collapse, when municipal and local authorities across the former empire were left to paper over an acute shortage of small-denomination coinage. Spitz an der Donau, a small wine-producing market town in the Wachau valley, commissioned Eduard Sieger — a Vienna printer active across numerous such local issues — to produce this 20 Heller note.
Rudolf Weber's designer credit links this to the broader artistic Notgeld movement, where local pride and tourist appeal were deliberate selling points — collectors were already purchasing unissued examples directly from municipalities by 1920.