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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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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Heller Notgeld der Gemeinde Waldkirchen a. W. Ruine Wesen Pekuufer 19 20 |
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| Reverse lettering | Donautal-Notgeld des oberen Donaugaues Die Gemeinde Waldkirchen am Wesen gibt laut Beschluß vom 7. Juni 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 30.000 Kronen aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein vom 1. bis 31. Dezember 1920 bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Waldkirchen am Wesen, am 7. Juni 1920. Der Bürgermeister: Anton Peham. 20 Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der letzte Heller will verschwinden, Nun ist Ersatz hiefür zu finden? Nun sieh! des Menschen Sinn Wies auf dieses Notgeld hin. |
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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.