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25 Heller
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Hart (Commune of Hart) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 25 Hellers (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Typographically composed Notgeld Gutschein printed in dark blue letterpress on plain cream paper, without pictorial vignette. The denomination '25 Heller' is set in large bold display type at centre, beneath which the issuer legend 'der Ortsgemeinde Hart' appears; horizontal rule borders carry the numeral '25' repeated at the top and bottom margins. Smaller type below conveys the redemption deadline and anti-counterfeiting warning, with the authority line of Ortsvorsteher Franz Erssl closing the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 25 Heller der Ortsgemeinde Hart Einlösetermin: 31. Dez. 1920 — Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft Der Ortsvorsteher: FRANZ ERSSL 25 25 25 |
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Hart is a small commune in Upper Austria, and this 25 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Notgeld issued by Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1922 to address the severe small-change shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. The central government simply could not produce low-denomination coinage fast enough, so thousands of local authorities printed their own emergency scrip — legally tolerated, locally redeemed, and almost never circulated beyond the issuing community.
The single signature, Franz Erssl, almost certainly represents the commune's Bürgermeister or chief administrator at the time of issue. Jaksch/Pick 0351la places this among the documented Hart issues, though the series is thinly catalogued and surviving specimens are rarely offered.