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30 Heller
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Eben |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 30 Hellers (0.3) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red letterpress on cream paper, the obverse centres on an oval sunburst vignette enclosing a cherub or infant figure clasping a large sheaf of wheat or reeds. The denomination '30 HELLER' appears in bold letterpress within circular cartouches at the upper left and upper right corners, with the inscription 'ORTSGEMEINDE' running across the top centre; the locality name 'EBEN' is rendered in large Art Nouveau-style lettering along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black letterpress on plain cream paper, with text arranged in three distinct blocks: the edition designation 'I. Aufl.' (First Issue) positioned at the upper right, a centred redemption notice in German giving the encashment deadline, and the issuing authority's title together with the printed signature of the Ortsvorsteher at the lower portion. |
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Eben am Achensee, a small Tyrolean village, issued this Notgeld note as part of the broader Austrian emergency currency wave that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Municipal and communal issues like this one filled the coin vacuum left when small-denomination metal currency disappeared from circulation almost entirely between 1919 and 1922.
Franz Schmiedinger's signature as the authorizing official is the only individual identity this note carries. The Ortsgemeinde — the local parish commune — had no printing infrastructure of its own; these small-town Tyrolean issues were typically contracted through regional printers in Innsbruck.