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20 Heller Mattighofen
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Mattighofen (Market Town of Mattighofen) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Tan paper note with a single-rule border enclosing the entire design. The denomination "20 HELLER" appears in the upper left and upper right corners, flanking a central ornamental vignette of scrolling foliate and interlaced motifs printed in black. Below, the issuer name "MATTIGHOFEN" is set in bold blackletter script, preceded by the legend "Die Marktgemeinde" in a smaller hand. The lower portion carries a letterpress text in German Gothic script stating the redemption obligation and expiry date of 31 December 1920. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 HELLER Die Marktgemeinde MATTIGHOFEN löst diesen Gutschein über Beschluß des Gemeindeausschusses bis 31. December 1920 im gesetzlichen Bargeld ein. |
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Mattighofen's Heller notgeld belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal emergency money issued during and immediately after WWI, when metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation. Small market towns were left to fend for themselves, and local authorities printed their own fractional notes with whatever printing resources were available regionally — quality and durability varied enormously as a result.
The JPR reference places this within the Jaksch corpus of Austrian notgeld documentation, the standard scholarly catalog for this material. The "d" suffix indicates a distinct variety within the 20 Heller Mattighofen issues — likely a paper stock, color, or overprint variation rather than a separate emission date.