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20 Heller Zeiselmauer
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Zeiselmauer |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress Notgeld note with an ornate zigzag and foliate border enclosing the full design. At left, the numeral '20' is set within a diamond-shaped guilloche vignette over a starburst underprint, with 'Heller' in bold gothic script below; at right, the issuer's name 'Zeiselmauer' appears in large decorative script beneath the heading 'Gutschein der Ortsgemeinde'. Three manuscript signatures at lower right denote the Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and Kassier, with series letter 'C' at the lower right corner. |
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| Reverse description | Reddish-brown letterpress reverse with a simplified zigzag border. The centre carries the full heading 'Gutschein der Ortsgemeinde Zeiselmauer' in gothic script, the denomination 'über 20 Heller' in large type, and the validity clause 'gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920.', with a faint blue underprint of the obverse design visible through the paper. A counterfeiting warning in gothic script runs along the foot of the note. |
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Zeiselmauer is a small market town in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities, it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that gripped Austria in the immediate postwar years. The 20 Heller denomination sits in the middle of the typical municipal Notgeld range, issued under the authority of the local commune rather than any banking institution.
Austrian municipal Notgeld of this period was legal under a 1919 Finance Ministry ordinance permitting local authorities to issue small-denomination notes to substitute for hoarded coinage. Most were withdrawn by 1922 when the National Bank restabilized the coin supply.