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20 Heller Weissenbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Weissenbach bei Mödling (Municipality of Weissenbach bei Mödling) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN 20 HELLER VILLA VIGNATI WEISSENBACH BEI MÖDLING |
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| Signature(s) | Illich (Bürgermeister), Hochkosler (Vize-Bürgermeister), and Klein (Gemeinderat) |
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Weissenbach bei Mödling is a small village in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities, it was forced into issuing its own fractional currency in 1920 when the postwar coin shortage left ordinary commerce nearly impossible. These hyperlocal Notgeld issues — authorized under Austrian emergency provisions — were technically valid only within the issuing community, which for a village of this size meant a circulation area of almost comical narrowness.
Three signatories authenticate this note: the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a single council member. That's the full civic apparatus of a rural Austrian municipality doing its best to keep small transactions moving.