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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinderat Salzburghofen (Salzburghofen Municipal Council) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Gra#S6.1e |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Pfennig. |
| Reverse description | A large oval vignette at centre contains a spreading tree with a heraldic shield at its trunk and a bridge with flowing water below, printed in green and ochre letterpress. Surrounding the oval, the issuing authority's name is inscribed in Gothic script along the upper and lower arcs of a double-line circular border. The date '1920' appears on a ribbon or band within the lower portion of the oval vignette. |
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Salzburghofen was a small Bavarian municipality on the Inn River, directly across from Braunau am Inn — the Austrian town that by 1920 needed no introduction. This 20 Pfennig Notgeld was issued by the local municipal council during the acute small-change shortage that followed Germany's wartime coin hoarding and postwar metal scarcity. Thousands of German and Austrian communities printed their own emergency fractional currency in this period; most circulated hyperlocally and were redeemed within months.
The Grabowski reference S6.1e indicates a series variant, suggesting Salzburghofen issued multiple denominations or design runs — unusual ambition for a settlement of its size.