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20 Heller Waldkirchen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Waldkirchen am Wesen (Municipality of Waldkirchen am Wesen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet on white paper, the obverse is divided into three vertical vignette panels enclosed within a checkered border. The central panel shows a detailed landscape view of Waldkirchen am Wesen with a prominent church steeple set against a hilly background; the left panel bears the caption 'Ruine Wesen' with a wooded ruin scene, while the right panel captioned 'Pekuufer' shows a riverside village view. Denomination numerals '20' appear in octagonal cartouches at the upper left and upper right, with the inscription 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Waldkirchen a. W.' in Gothic blackletter script across the lower centre, flanked by the date split '19' and '20'. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on white paper, the reverse carries a square geometric border of repeating small rectangles framing the entire design. A bold blackletter heading reads 'Donautal-Notgeld des oberen Donaugaues', followed by a full authorisation text in German confirming the issue of vouchers totalling 30,000 Kronen by resolution of 7 June 1920, redeemable at the municipal treasury between 1 and 31 December 1920. The mayor's printed signature 'Anton Peham' appears below the title 'Der Bürgermeister:', with denomination numeral '20' repeated at lower left and right, and a counterfeiting warning legend centred at the foot; a short verse runs vertically along the left margin in Gothic script. |
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Waldkirchen am Wesen is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the acute small-change famine that gripped Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. With metal coinage all but vanished from circulation by 1919–1920, thousands of Austrian municipalities were legally permitted to issue their own Notgeld — emergency paper — to fill the gap. The Gemeinde handled issuance locally, with Anton Peham signing as the responsible municipal authority.
The Upper Austrian Heller Notgeld issues are among the more ephemeral of the series; most were redeemed and destroyed within a year or two of issue.