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4 Kronen - Hall in Tirol
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Hall in Tirol |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 4 Kronen |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the obverse carries a letterpress vignette of the Hall in Tirol Rathaus with a foreground fountain and the caption 'Rathaus', below which the edition note '3. AUFLAGE' is printed. To the right, enclosed within a decorative rope-style border, the denomination '4 Vier Kr Kronen' is set in bold Gothic script above the redemption clause, the issue date 'Hall 30/V. 1920', and manuscript signatures for the Bürgermeister and Stadtkämmerer. The printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK.' runs along the lower right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Rathaus 3. AUFLAGE 4 Vier Kr Kronen Die Stadtgemeinde Hall i. Tirol haftet für die Einlösung dieses Scheines bis 30. Nov. 1920 Bürgermeister: Hall 30/V. 1920. Stadtkämmerer: WAGNER, INNSBRUCK. |
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Hall in Tirol issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that gripped Austria in the years immediately following World War One. The Stadtgemeinde, like hundreds of other Austrian and German municipalities, stepped in to fill the gap left by a central monetary system that had effectively collapsed alongside the Habsburg state. Wagner in Innsbruck handled the printing, keeping production regional.
The 4 Kronen denomination is an odd choice — not a round figure, not a standard unit — likely calculated to meet a specific local transaction need rather than follow conventional monetary logic.