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20 Heller Wien
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wien (Municipality of Vienna) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted plain paper save for a central block of justified letterpress text in German. The heading «Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Wien über 20 Heller.» introduces four paragraphs setting out the issuance terms, including the total issue ceiling of 3 million Kronen, the non-interest-bearing status of the notes, the acceptance and redemption periods, and a statutory warning against counterfeiting. |
| Reverse lettering | Kassenschein der Stadtgemeinde Wien über 20 Heller. Zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Gemeinde Wien Kassenscheine bis zum Gesamtbetrage von 3 Millionen Kronen aus. Diese Kassenscheine sind unverzinslich, werden von der Gemeinde Wien bis 31. Dezember 1919 in Zahlung genommen und in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Dezember 1919 in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Kassenscheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. (Translation: Cash voucher of the Municipality of Vienna for 20 Heller. To alleviate the shortage of small change, the Municipality of Vienna issues cash vouchers up to a total amount of 3 million Kronen. These vouchers bear no interest, will be accepted as payment by the Municipality of Vienna until 31 December 1919, and will be redeemed in legal tender during the period from 15 to 31 December 1919. The counterfeiting of this voucher is punishable by law.) |
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Vienna's municipal notgeld program was one of the largest of any Austrian city following the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. The chronic small-change shortage of 1919 forced hundreds of municipalities to print their own emergency fractional currency, as the new Republic of German-Austria struggled to establish a functioning monetary system distinct from the wreckage of the old imperial one.
The Heller denominations issued by the Stadtgemeinde Wien circulated heavily and were redeemed in large numbers, making genuinely uncirculated survivors harder to find than the abundance of the original print run might suggest.