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20 Heller Zeillern
| Issuer | Gemeinde Zeillern (Municipality of Zeillern) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Zeillern 20 Heller Die Gemeinde Zeillern haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Schein bis 30. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Leopold Haimberger, Bürgermeister. Stefan Lehner, Vice-Bürgermeister. Stefan Handlbichler, Gemeinderat. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Zeillern 20 Gültig bis 30. Dezember 1920 Entwurf: R. Prinz. — Druck v. F. Kielar, Amstetten. |
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Zeillern is a small parish in Lower Austria, and this 20 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities after the collapse of the Habsburg economy left small change effectively extinct. F. Kielar was a local Amstetten printer — not a specialist banknote firm — which is precisely what makes these township issues interesting: the production chain ran entirely through regional tradespeople rather than any central authority.
Three signatories authenticated each note: the Bürgermeister, his deputy, and a single Gemeinderat. That level of civic formality on emergency scrip worth less than a postage stamp is quietly remarkable.