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20 Heller Wernstein
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wernstein am Inn (Municipality of Wernstein am Inn) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 77 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green and black letterpress note with a large decorative arch motif in the upper portion, flanked by ornamental lantern-like vignettes bearing the numeral '20' and the inscription 'HELLER' at left and right. A central text block in Gothic script states the redemption obligation of the Gemeinde Wernstein am Inn, valid until 31 December 1920, followed by an anti-counterfeiting warning in uppercase. Three manuscript signatures of the Gemeindevertretung appear below the text. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE WERNSTEIN A/INN ZWANZIG HELLER 20 HELLER Die Gemeinde Wernstein a/Inn haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargeld bis einschließlich 31. Dezember 1920 beim Gemeindeamte einzulösen. DIE NACHAHMUNG DIESES SCHEINES WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT! DIE GEMEINDE VERTRETUNG: JOS. FEICHTINGERS ERBEN, LINZ. |
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Wernstein am Inn is a tiny municipality on the Austrian bank of the Inn River, directly opposite the Bavarian town of Neuburg am Inn. Its notgeld issue in 1920 belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal emergency money printed after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left the new Republic of Austria chronically short of small-denomination coinage. Jos. Feichtingers Erben was a well-established Linz printing house responsible for a significant number of Upper Austrian notgeld issues from this period, and their work is generally consistent in ink registration.
The 20 Heller denomination placed this note squarely in everyday retail use — bread, postage, tram fares.