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30 heller Oberalm
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberalm (Municipality of Oberalm) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | Freiheit ruft's in allen Gassen, Gleichheit ist das Losungswort, Brüderlichkeit suchst du vergebens, Neid und Haß herrscht immerfort. |
| Signature(s) | M. Klappacher |
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Oberalm is a small municipality in Salzburg province, and this 30 Heller note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921 when postwar coin shortages left local governments scrambling to produce their own fractional currency. The authorizing signature — M. Klappacher — almost certainly represents the Bürgermeister at the time, though Oberalm's wartime and immediate postwar civic records are not comprehensively published.
These Salzburg provincial Notgeld issues were typically printed in small local runs and redeemed quickly once coin circulation normalized, which is why genuinely circulated examples often show significant wear along fold lines.