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30 Heller Aistersheim
| Issuer | Gemeinde Aistersheim (Municipality of Aistersheim) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 96 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on cream paper, the obverse carries the municipal coat of arms of Aistersheim at the top centre, flanked by the issuer inscription on banner-style scrollwork. A central rectangular vignette presents a letterpress view of the local school building (labelled 'SCHULE' below), surrounded by decorative floral scrollwork and ruled border ornaments. Denomination numerals '30' appear in circular cartouches at lower left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in dark blue on cream paper, is composed entirely of a formal text block within a decorative border of scrollwork and corner medallions bearing the denomination '30' in four positions. The text sets out the legal basis and redemption terms of the Notgeld issue, dated Aistersheim, 15 Juni 1920, with the issuing authority, redemption period, and printed signature lines for the deputy mayor and mayor at the foot. A cautionary anti-counterfeiting legend appears in a cartouche along the bottom margin. |
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Aistersheim is a village in Upper Austria with a population that likely never exceeded a few hundred in 1920 — which makes its municipal notgeld about as local as emergency currency gets. These small-denomination heller notes were issued across thousands of Austrian communes during the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system, when coins vanished from circulation almost entirely due to hoarding and metal scarcity.
The two signatories, Karl Bointner and Alois Enser, were almost certainly local officials rather than banking functionaries — a reminder that the authority backing this note was essentially a village council's word.