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| Issuer | Gemeinde Oeblarn im Ennstale (Municipality of Oeblarn in the Enns Valley) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GEMEINDE OEBLARN IM ENNSTALE 30 HELLER |
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| Reverse lettering | Auf Grund des Gemeinderatssitzungsbeschlusses vom 8. Juli 1920 wird in der Gemeinde Oeblarn die Einführung des Notgeldes in der Höhe von K 40.000.— (vierzigtausend) bewilligt und mit dem beweglichen und unbeweglichen Gemeindevermögen die Haftung dieses Betrages bis 31. Oktober 1920 übernommen. Oeblarn, am 21. Juli 1920. Kassier: Bürgermeister: |
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Oeblarn is a small farming village in the Enns Valley of Styria, and like hundreds of similarly sized Austrian municipalities, it issued its own small-denomination Notgeld in the early 1920s to compensate for the chronic shortage of coins that had been melting out of circulation since the war. The 30 Heller was among the most common denominations in these local emergency issues — useful for everyday transactions that postwar coinage simply couldn't support.
The Jaksch reference suffix "IIa" indicates a recognized variety within the series, likely a paper or printing distinction rather than a date change.