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30 heller Oberalm
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberalm (Municipality of Oberalm) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 30 Hellers (0.3) |
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| Obverse description | Plain white ground with all text rendered in dark navy blue Fraktur (blackletter) typeface. The upper portion carries the word 'Notgeld' set in individual boxed letters with the denomination letter 'K' at right; a central rectangular frame encloses the issuing authority, validity date, and the mayor's authorization. At the foot, a segmented panel presents the denomination numeral '30' flanked on each side by the word 'Heller' within ruled compartments. |
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| Reverse lettering | Komödianten gibt's iatz gnua, Red'n tans von Abend bis in d' Fruah, Versprechn tans da 's Paradies, Da G'soppte bist zan Schluß ganz g'wiß. |
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Oberalm is a small village in Salzburg province, and its decision to issue emergency money in 1920 places this squarely within the Austrian Notgeld phenomenon — a consequence of the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy and the economic disruption of the immediate postwar years. Municipal authorities across Austria, from major towns to villages with a few hundred residents, printed their own small-denomination paper to keep local trade moving.
At 30 Heller, this sits at the lower end of typical Notgeld denominations, suggesting genuine transactional use rather than the collector-targeted souvenir issues that began flooding the market around the same time.