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20 Heller Weissenkirchen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Weissenkirchen in der Wachau |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein der Marktgemeinde 20 Heller Weissenkirchen in der Wachau Die Gemeinde Weissenkirchen i. d. W. haftet für diese Verschuldungsschein mit ihrem ganzen unbeweglichen und beweglichen Vermögen Weissenkirchen i(n) d(er) W(achau), am 15. April 1920 Der Bürgermeister Der Vizebürgermeister Der Gemeinderat |
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| Reverse lettering | D' Liab is a Bleamerl, Recht guat muaßt es pfleg'n! D' Liab braucht a Busserl, Wia's Bleamerl in Regen! Rosegger. Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Weißenkirchen in der Wachau Kassenscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 64.000 Kronen aus. Dieselben sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Weißenkirchen bis 30. November 1920 in Zahlung genommen und vom 15. bis 30. November 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Weissenkirchen in der Wachau is a small wine-producing market town on the Danube in Lower Austria. This 20 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency municipal scrip produced to address the acute small-change shortage that plagued Austria in the years immediately following the collapse of the Habsburg empire. The central government could not produce coins fast enough to meet demand, so thousands of municipalities printed their own temporary currency, typically in low Heller denominations.
The JPR1158 series encompasses multiple denominations from this commune. Survival rates vary considerably; rural Wachau issues were often retained as collector curiosities rather than redeemed, which paradoxically means some survive in better condition than their urban equivalents.