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40 Heller
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Steyregg |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress Notgeld on cream paper, divided vertically: left panel bears the denomination '40' in a circle above 'HELLER' and a rose vignette; right panel carries the issuer title in Gothic script with foliate ornaments, a guarantee text, redemption date '31. Dezember 1920', and three facsimile signatures below the Vizebürgermeister and Bürgermeister titles. |
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| Signature(s) | J. Hanl (Vizebürgermeister), R. Pichler g.a., and J. Lehermeyer (Bürgermeister) |
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Steyregg is a small market town on the Danube just east of Linz, and its 1920 Heller notes belong to the vast Austrian Notgeld phenomenon — an almost total breakdown of small-denomination coinage circulation in the years following the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy. Municipalities, businesses, and civic bodies across the former empire printed their own emergency scrip because the new Austrian state simply could not supply enough coin to keep local commerce moving.
Three signatories authenticate this note: the Bürgermeister, the Vizebürgermeister, and a third official whose abbreviated "g.a." designation suggests an authorized representative acting on behalf of the municipal council.