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30 Heller Goldwörth
| Issuer | Gemeinde Goldwörth (Municipality of Goldwörth) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 30 Hellers (0.3) |
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| Obverse lettering | DREISSIG HELLER Taverne Platzl, Goldwörth 30 |
| Reverse description | Plain cream stock printed in violet, the reverse carries the redemption text in German Fraktur script within a dotted oval border, with the numeral '30' in circular dotted cartouches at centre left and centre right. Two horizontal rule lines divide the text block from the counterfeiting warning and the signature block below, which bears the manuscript signatures of the deputy mayor and the mayor with their respective titles. A small printer's monogram appears at lower right. |
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Goldwörth is a small Upper Austrian village on the Danube, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1920 reflects the near-total collapse of small-change supply that plagued rural Austria in the years immediately following the empire's dissolution. The Heller, the smallest unit of the old Austro-Hungarian krone, was essentially worthless individually — yet towns like Goldwörth were printing it because coins had simply vanished from local commerce, hoarded or melted down.
The JPR0248b designation places this within the broader Jaksch cataloguing of Austrian Notgeld, a series numbering in the thousands. Goldwörth issued at minimum two denominations; this 30 Heller piece is the higher of the known pair.