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30 Heller Dimbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Dimbach (Municipality of Dimbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in violet-brown on cream paper, the note is divided into three vertical panels. The left and right panels each carry the denomination numeral '30' above the word 'Heller', the validity clause 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920', and a manuscript signature within an ornate cartouche framed by floral and foliate motifs. The central vignette, signed 'H. Kupfer', presents a devotional image of the miraculous statue of the Mother of God of Dimbach in Upper Austria — a crowned Madonna standing on a crescent above a cloud, surrounded by cherubs — with the local pilgrimage church rendered below, accompanied by a scrolled cartouche bearing the caption identifying the image. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain expanse of cream-toned paper with no vignette, text, or ornamental elements of any kind. |
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Dimbach is a small village in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities, it issued Notgeld during the postwar economic disruption when small coin essentially vanished from circulation. The Holzhausen press in Vienna handled an enormous volume of these municipal emergency issues — the firm was one of the most prolific Notgeld printers in Austria, which means production quality here is reliable even if the issuing authority was marginal.
The H. Kupfer designer credit is uncommon enough to be worth noting; most Holzhausen runs at this denomination used house designers without individual attribution.