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30 Heller Ruprechtshofen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ruprechtshofen (Municipality of Ruprechtshofen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 28 February 1921 |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress Notgeld note with a central vignette of figures punting flat-bottomed boats through a reed-lined waterway, bare trees in the background. A standing fisherman in traditional dress occupies the left margin. Denomination numerals "30" appear in scroll cartouches at upper left and right, with the issuer name in a ribbon banner at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Text-only reverse printed in green on plain paper, enclosed by a repeating ornamental border. A proverb is set in two lines at the top, followed by the issuer name in large Gothic script, the authorising resolution text, and the anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. Denomination numerals "30" appear in each corner within plain ruled squares. |
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Ruprechtshofen is a small market town in Lower Austria, and this 30 Heller note is one of the Notgeld issues that flooded the Austrian countryside between 1920 and 1921 when coin shortages left rural municipalities functionally unable to make change. The Gemeinde issued these locally rather than waiting on Vienna — a practical decision, not a political one.
Aigenbauer and Hackner signed as authorizing officials. Two signatures on a village emergency note suggests at least a nominal effort at accountability, which not all issues bothered with.