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20 Heller Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR1158IIc-20 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark red and black on buff paper, with a bold Fraktur header reading 'Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde' at the top. A central circular vignette presents a detailed letterpress view of the Weissenkirchen parish church and surrounding townscape as seen from the Danube bank. The denomination '20 Heller' appears in large Fraktur numerals to the left and right of the vignette, with a guarantee text in small script flanking the central image and the issuer name 'Weissenkirchen in der Wachau' inscribed in large Fraktur along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain buff paper with no vignette or decorative border. The upper portion carries a two-line aphorism attributed to 'Dahn', followed by a full redemption text in Fraktur script stating the total issue of 64,000 Kronen, the interest-free nature of the notes, and the redemption period of 15 to 30 November 1920. A final line warns that counterfeiting is punishable by law. |
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Austrian Notgeld from the immediate postwar period, issued by the market commune of Weissenkirchen in der Wachau as the central monetary system buckled under hyperinflationary pressure. These small-denomination emergency notes — Heller issues especially — were printed in enormous variety across Lower Austria between 1919 and 1921, often by local printers with no standardized format, and Weissenkirchen's series is no exception.
The Jaksch/Pick suffix "c" within JPR1158II indicates a recognized sub-variety, likely a color or typographic variant within the same emission sequence.