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20 Heller Weitra
| Uitgever | Stadtgemeinde Weitra (City of Weitra) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Rose-pink Notgeld note printed on a fine hatched-pattern background. At upper centre, the title 'Kassenschein' is rendered in ornate Gothic blackletter script, flanked by denomination numerals '20' in squared cartouches at each corner. To the left, a vignette of the Weitra town hall building is printed above the municipal coat of arms showing a crenellated tower. The text block at centre records the municipal guarantee clause dated 'Weitra, am 7. Mai 1920', with validity inscription 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920' and spaces for official signatures below. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Rose-pink reverse on a hatched-pattern ground, centred on a large rectangular vignette framed by an Art Nouveau border with decorative foliate scroll ornament at the top. The vignette presents a panoramic landscape view of Weitra, with a church steeple and castle on a hill visible amid rolling countryside. Denomination numerals '20' appear in squared cartouches at upper left and upper right of the frame. An anti-counterfeiting warning is printed in italic script below the vignette. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Weitra's 20 Heller notgeld belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that Austrian towns were forced to produce between 1919 and 1921, when coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible. The central government in Vienna had neither the capacity nor the inclination to remedy the problem quickly, leaving hundreds of Gemeinden to improvise with locally printed paper.
Weitra, one of the oldest chartered towns in Lower Austria, printed its own series rather than pooling with neighboring municipalities. Whether this was civic pride or simple logistics is unrecorded — but the result is a note tied entirely to one small town's administrative moment.