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30 Heller Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis
| Issuer | Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet ink on plain paper, the reverse is divided into two panels by a dotted border. The left panel presents the inscription 'Gutschein der Gemeinde' above a diamond-shaped frame enclosing the numeral '30', with 'Hofkirchen i. Mühlkreis' below. The right panel carries the full German-language text of the municipal resolution dated 29 February 1920, stating the total issue of 150,000 Kronen, the redemption obligation at the Gemeindekasse, the mayor's signature line 'Der Bürgermeister: K. Bogg.', and the statutory anti-counterfeiting warning. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde 30 Hofkirchen i. Mühlkreis Die Gemeinde Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis, Oberösterreich, gibt laut Beschluß vom 29. Februar 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 150.000 Kronen aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit, diesen Gutschein bis auf Widerruf bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Hofkirchen, 29. Februar 1920. Der Bürgermeister: K. Bogg. Die Nachmachung wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
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Austrian Gemeinde notgeld at the 30 Heller denomination, issued by the municipality of Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis — a small market town in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel region, north of the Danube. These municipal emergency issues proliferated across Austria from 1920 onward as the postwar coinage shortage bit hard into everyday small transactions, forcing hundreds of communities to print their own low-denomination scrip rather than wait for a central authority that was itself struggling with hyperinflationary pressure and administrative collapse.
The JPR0386d suffix indicates this is one of several distinct varieties within the Hofkirchen series — collectors should verify the specific design variant before attributing.