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30 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pürnstein (Municipality of Pürnstein) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Dreissig Heller J.E. Kleinert - Ottensheim Schloss Pürnstein 30 30 (Translation: Thirty Heller / Pürnstein Castle) |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Pürnstein, polit. Bezirk Rohrbach in Oberösterreich, gibt laut Beschluß vom 16. Mai 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 30.000 Kronen aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein binnen vier Wochen nach Bekanntgabe bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Pürnstein, 16. Mai 1920. Der Bürgermeister-Stellvertr.: Joh. Hackl. Der Bürgermeister: Leop. Dopretzberger. Nachmachung wird gesetzlich bestraft. (Translation: The municipality of Pürnstein, political district Rohrbach in Upper Austria, issues vouchers in the total amount of 30,000 crowns according to the resolution of 16 May 1920 and is liable for the obligation to redeem this voucher in legal cash at the municipal treasury within four weeks after notification. Pürnstein, 16 May 1920. The Deputy Mayor: Joh. Hackl. The Mayor: Leop. Dopretzberger. Counterfeiting is punished by law.) |
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Pürnstein is a small settlement in Upper Austria — the kind of commune that in 1920 had no business issuing its own currency, yet did so anyway. The postwar collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system left rural municipalities scrambling for small-denomination notes to replace the hoarded coins that had vanished from circulation entirely. These locally issued Notgeld pieces were a practical stopgap, authorized under emergency provisions that briefly turned every village council into a de facto monetary authority.
Kleinert's involvement is worth noting — he designed a number of Upper Austrian municipal Notgeld issues during this period, giving some of these small-town pieces a level of graphic ambition well beyond their face value. The dual signatures of both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor follow the authentication convention required to give these notes even a semblance of institutional credibility.