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30 Heller Mitterndorf
| Issuer | Gemeinde Mitterndorf (Municipality of Mitterndorf) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central photographic vignette of the Mitterndorf townscape set against an Alpine mountain backdrop, with a church steeple rising above rooftops and snow-capped peaks in the distance. The town name 'Mitterndorf' is printed in large Gothic script at the top, with the subtitle 'im Steirischen Salzkammergut' below in a cursive hand. Decorative violet lateral borders of stylised Art Nouveau ornamental motifs frame the vignette on both sides, while the denomination '30 Heller' appears in bold numerals at lower left and right within cartouches, and a central lower panel bears the 'Gutschein über' legend alongside the validity notice. |
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| Obverse lettering | Mitterndorf im Steirischen Salzkammergut Gutschein über Die Gültigkeit dieses Gutscheines erlischt mit 31. Dezember 1920. 30 Heller |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a practical breakdown — the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left municipal governments scrambling to fill a coin shortage that the central authority couldn't address. Mitterndorf, a small Styrian spa community, issued these notes under local authority rather than any banking institution, which is why the official stamp functions as the primary authentication device.
The "IIb" variety designation in the Jaksch reference suggests at least two distinct stamp or paper variants exist within the 30 Heller denomination alone — a level of granularity that reflects how inconsistently these emergency issues were produced at the local level.