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20 Heller Weinzierl am Walde
| Issuer | Gemeinde Weinzierl am Walde (Municipality of Weinzierl am Walde) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple on grey-green paper, the upper portion carries a central vignette of a local church with a pointed steeple and round tower, framed by an ornate Art Nouveau border with vine-leaf motifs; the denomination '20 h.' appears to either side of the vignette. Below, a text panel in Kurrent script states the municipality's guarantee of redemption, dated 13.6.1920, followed by three manuscript signatures for the Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and a council member. The lower panel bears the issuer name 'der Gemeinde Weinzierl a. W.' in large decorative Fraktur lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 20 h. Die Gemeinde Weinzierl a. W. haftet für die Einlösung dieses Scheines mit dem ganzen Vermögen Weinzierl a. W. am 13. 6. 1920 Der Bürgermeister: Der Vizebgmstr.: Der 1. Gmdrst.: der Gemeinde Weinzierl a. W. |
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Austrian Notgeld issued during the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. With the new Austrian state unable to produce sufficient small-denomination coinage, thousands of municipalities printed their own emergency paper in 1920 — Weinzierl am Walde, a small Lower Austrian village, being one of the more obscure examples. These hyper-local issues were often produced in short runs, and many were collected rather than spent, which ironically preserved them.
F. Rohrhofer's credit as designer is unusual for a village issue of this size — most comparable Notgeld from rural Lower Austria used generic printed templates.