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| Issuer | Gemeinde Traunkirchen (Municipality of Traunkirchen) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR1081-30 |
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| Obverse lettering | DREISSIG 30 HELLER NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE TRAUNKIRCHEN |
| Reverse description | Printed in the same ochre-brown tone, the reverse carries a bold central text block headed 'GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE TRAUNKIRCHEN' in large Jugendstil lettering, followed by the redemption clause in smaller Roman capitals and the issuance date 'TRAUNKIRCHEN, AM 1 JUNI 1920.' with the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature. The denomination '30' appears in each corner and 'DREISSIG HELLER' runs along the top and bottom borders within a decorated frame. Narrow side panels carry stylised bee and honeycomb vignettes in the Art Nouveau manner. The printer's imprint 'SAL/KAMMERGUT-DRUCKEREI GMUNDEN' is present at the foot of the note. |
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Traunkirchen is a lakeside village on the Traunsee with a permanent population that barely cleared a thousand in 1920 — making this one of the smaller Austrian Gemeinden to have issued Notgeld during the postwar emergency. The Salzkammergut-Druckerei in Gmunden was the logical regional press for these small municipal issues, handling several surrounding communities during the same period when chronic coin shortages made low-denomination scrip a practical necessity rather than a political statement.
The 30 Heller denomination is mildly unusual — most Gemeinde issues clustered around 10, 20, and 50 Heller values.