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20 Heller Wolfern
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wolfern (Municipality of Wolfern) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typographic notgeld design printed in blue on buff paper, divided into three horizontal registers by ruled borders with a dotted outer frame. The upper register bears the issuer name 'WOLFERN' in decorative white lettering within a dark oval cartouche, flanked by two circular lace-pattern guilloche rosettes, with the legend 'Gutschein der Gemeinde' above and 'Ober- Österr.' below. The central register states the denomination 'Zwanzig- 20 Heller' with the numeral within a radiating sun-burst circle, and the lower register carries a three-line guarantee text with the mayor's manuscript signature below, and the printer's imprint 'Emil Prietzel, Steyr' at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde WOLFERN Ober- Österr. Zwanzig- 20 Heller Die Gemeinde Wolfern haftet für die Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem gesamten Gemeinde-Vermögen Der Bürgermeister: |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a finely executed letterpress vignette of Wolfern castle set in a rural landscape, with fields rendered in fine parallel line engraving in the foreground and billowing clouds above; the scene is enclosed within an Art Nouveau-style border with foliate corner ornaments. The denomination '20 Heller' appears in bold type at upper left and upper right, with an anti-counterfeiting notice running vertically along the left margin and the validity date along the right margin. The legend 'Gutscheins der Gemeinde Wolfern' is set across the lower margin. |
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