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20 Heller Altenburg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Altenburg bei Perg (Municipality of Altenburg bei Perg, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a red-toned vignette of a church and adjacent townscape enclosed within a decorative printed border. The denomination '20 Heller' appears on both sides of the central vignette, while 'Altenburg b. Perg' is inscribed at the foot of the note. Flanking text panels carry the municipal guarantee of redemption until 1 January 1921 on the left, and a counterfeiting warning with the mayor's signature line on the right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is a text-only design set within a blue diamond-pattern border. The central text records that the municipal committee of Altenburg bei Perg resolved on 30 May 1920 to issue this Notgeld, redeemable in legal tender until 1 January 1921, and includes a counterfeiting warning and the signature of Mayor Königshofer. The numeral '20' appears in the lower corners. |
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Altenburg bei Perg is a small rural commune in Upper Austria, and this 20 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of municipal Notgeld issued across Austria between 1919 and 1921 when small-denomination coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The postwar coin shortage was severe enough that hundreds of villages — many with no banking infrastructure whatsoever — were legally permitted to print their own emergency fractional currency. Königshofer signed as Bürgermeister, giving the note its local legal authority.
Rural commune issues from Upper Austria tend to survive in smaller quantities than the more aggressively distributed tourist Notgeld from larger towns, which were printed in bulk and sold as collectibles from the outset.