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30 Heller Rohrbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rohrbach (Municipality of Rohrbach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the reverse presents a central circular vignette enclosed within a wreath border, bearing a crossed wheat-sheaf or heraldic device. The denomination '30 Heller' is stated in bold numerals at both left and right within angular cartouches. The central text block, set in Gothic script, contains the authorising resolution text dated 25 Juni 1920, the total issue amount of 80,000 Kronen, and redemption conditions. Facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Vice-Bürgermeister appear below the text, with an anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. The entire composition is enclosed within an ornate scalloped and scroll border. |
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| Signature(s) | Josef Schreiber and Rudolf Reumüller |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this period is easy to dismiss as a curiosity, but the Rohrbach issues were a genuine response to the acute small-change shortage that paralyzed everyday commerce across Upper Austria following the collapse of the imperial monetary system. Gemeinde Rohrbach — a modest market town in the Mühlviertel — turned to L. Haase in Linz for printing, a regional firm that handled a significant volume of Upper Austrian emergency issues in 1920.
The two signatories, Josef Schreiber and Rudolf Reumüller, were municipal officials whose authorization gave the note legal standing within the community. The "b" suffix in the Jaksc/Pick reference indicates a variant within the 30 Heller denomination — worth confirming against the serial or overprint details before cataloging.