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30 Heller Baumgarten
| Issuer | Gemeinde Baumgarten bei Perg (Municipality of Baumgarten bei Perg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN der Gemeinde Baumgarten 30 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue on cream paper within a ruled rectangular border, divided into corner panels each bearing the numeral "30". The central text block carries the authorising municipal resolution in German gothic script, stating the issue date of 13 June 1920, the total issue of 25,000 Kronen, and the redemption deadline of 28 February 1921. Below the text appear the facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and two municipal officials, with a counterfeit warning inscription in the lower panel. |
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Baumgarten bei Perg is a small parish in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly modest municipalities, it issued its own Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. The 30 Heller denomination was among the most practical for everyday transactions — small enough to circulate as change, large enough to matter. Reklame Puka of Linz handled production for several Upper Austrian communities during this period, which accounts for the shared printing quality across regional issues.
Three signatures authenticate this note, including the Bürgermeister Josef Baumgartner — an irony of nomenclature that would not have gone unnoticed locally.