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20 Heller Waldhausen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Waldhausen (Market Town of Waldhausen, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse printed entirely in black Fraktur (Gothic) typeface. The text is arranged in a centred block layout, with the heading 'Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Waldhausen Ober-Österreich über 20 Heller' at the top, followed by a paragraph of legal text explaining the issuance of the vouchers to alleviate the small-change shortage, their non-interest-bearing nature, and the redemption period. A warning line 'Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft.' appears below, with the printer's imprint 'CHWALA'S DRUCK, WIEN VII. ZIEGLERG. 61' at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Marktgemeinde Waldhausen Ober-Österreich über 20 Heller Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Marktgemeinde Waldhausen Gutscheine aus. Diese Gutscheine lauten auf 20 Heller, sind unverzinslich, werden bis 31. März 1921 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15. März bis 31. März 1921 in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. CHWALA'S DRUCK, WIEN VII. ZIEGLERG. 61 |
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Waldhausen is a small market town in the Strudengau district of Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller notgeld belongs to the wave of emergency municipal currency that flooded Austria between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy. Hundreds of Austrian communes, many far smaller than a provincial market town, commissioned their own issues during this period, typically through Viennese printers.
Chwala's Druck, based in Vienna's 7th district, handled a number of these small-denomination regional commissions. Adolf Klingsbögl's design credit is worth noting — he was a working graphic artist of the period, not a decorative afterthought.