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30 Heller Rohrbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rohrbach (Municipality of Rohrbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on cream stock, the obverse bears a central composite vignette in which an upper scene of the arcaded Rohrbach market square with a large timber-roofed building and radiating sunrays is paired with a lower cartouche showing a rural chapel amid trees. The heading "Gutschein der Gemeinde Rohrbach" runs across the top in large ornamental letterpress type, with the denomination numeral "30" set in stylised Gothic script within decorative scroll cartouches at the lower corners. A folkloristic border of floral and scroll ornaments frames the composition, and the printer's imprint "L. Haase, Linz" appears in the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, in matching green ink, is organised around a central text panel enclosed within a scalloped decorative border with scrollwork corner ornaments. A circular vignette set in a rope-style wreath and containing a wheat-ear spray is positioned at the top centre, flanked at upper left and right by the bold Gothic denomination legend "30 Heller.". Below, the authorising text in Gothic script records the municipal council resolution of 25 June 1920, followed by the printed facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Vice-Bürgermeister, with an anti-counterfeiting notice at the foot. |
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Rohrbach's 30 Heller Notgeld belongs to the massive wave of municipal emergency money that swept Upper Austria between 1919 and 1922, when chronic coin shortages left towns with no practical alternative to printing their own small-denomination scrip. L. Haase of Linz handled production for numerous Upper Austrian communes during this period, making them one of the more prolific regional printers of the type.
The Jaksch/Pick R0841b suffix indicates a variant within the Rohrbach series — collectors should note that Rohrbach issues appear under multiple signatories and slight typographic differences, and conflation between variants is common in older holdings.