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20 Heller Wiener-Neustadt
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wiener Neustadt |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Green and brown Notgeld note with large denomination numerals '20' in brown printed within ornamental corner frames at left and right, and the issuer inscription 'Stadtgemeinde Wr. Neustadt' at upper centre. A central green vignette presents a view of a multi-storey civic building with a Gothic-style facade. Below the vignette, a redemption text in German Gothic script states the note is redeemable by the municipal treasury (städtische Hauptkasse) per city council resolution of 29 March 1920 until 31 December 1920, with three manuscript signatures of municipal officials beneath the printed titles 'Der Stadtrat:', 'Der Bürgermeister:', and 'Der Stadtrat:'. |
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| Reverse description | Brown on cream Notgeld note with bold denomination numerals '20' in large decorative figures at left and right, below the arc inscription 'STADTGEMEINDE WR. NEUSTADT' at top. A central fine-line vignette presents a tall water tower rising above a dense tree canopy. The word 'GUTSCHEIN' appears in large capitals along the lower centre, flanked by 'HELLER' on each side, with the printer's imprint 'M. ENGEL & SÖHNE, WIEN, VI' in small type at the foot of the note. |
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Wiener Neustadt's municipal notgeld came out of genuine necessity — the postwar coin shortage was severe enough that Austrian towns were issuing their own fractional paper well into 1920, long after the armistice. M. Engel & Söhne were a Viennese commercial printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which places this firmly in the category of emergency municipal scrip rather than anything approaching a formal monetary instrument.
The JPR1230b suffix indicates a variant within the Wiener Neustadt 20 Heller series — Jaksch catalogues multiple printings distinguishable by minor typographic or color differences, and misattribution between variants is common.