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20 Heller Weyer
| Issuer | Gemeinden Weyer-Markt und Weyer-Land (Municipalities of Weyer-Markt and Weyer-Land) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 May 1921 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper with a decorative border of small repeated ornamental elements. At left, a tall column monument surmounted by an eagle vignette, dated 1838 at its base. To the right, the denomination numeral '20' appears in boxes at upper left and upper right flanking the heading 'Gut-Schein der Gemeinden Weyer-Markt u. Weyer-Land, O.Ö.' above the large denomination text 'Zwanzig Heller' in Gothic script. Below, a legal guarantee text and two facsimile signature lines for the respective Bürgermeisters of Weyer-Land and Weyer-Markt. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Gut-Schein der Gemeinden Weyer-Markt u. Weyer-Land, O.Ö. über Zwanzig Heller Die Gemeinden Weyer-Markt und Weyer-Land haften für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister v. Weyer-Land: Der Bürgermeister v. Weyer-Markt: |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine small-change crisis in the early postwar years, when metal coinage had all but vanished from everyday commerce. Weyer, a small Upper Austrian market town on the Enns river, resolved the problem locally — the dual municipal issuer reflects the administrative split between Weyer-Markt and Weyer-Land, two legally distinct communities that shared the practical need for fractional currency and pooled the effort.
Herdina-Peter was a local printer, not a specialist security firm. That Wittwer's design was executed in-house rather than sent to Vienna or Graz is typical of the more remote Notgeld issues.