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40 Heller Igls
| Issuer | Kurgemeinde Igls in Tirol |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central oval vignette of a Tyrolean alpine estate identified as 'Heilig Wasser', surrounded by an ornamental frame with stylised foliate corner elements and the denomination numerals '4' and '0' placed in the upper and lower corners respectively. A rectangular text panel below the vignette bears the issuer name in bold Gothic lettering, with the printer's imprint 'Wagner, Innsbruck' at the lower left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Kassenschein der Kurgemeinde Igls in Tirol. HEILIG WASSER WAGNER, INNSBRUCK. |
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Igls is a small village south of Innsbruck, better known today as a bobsled venue than a monetary issuer. This 40 Heller note is a Notgeld piece — emergency small-change currency printed during the acute coin shortage that gripped Austria from around 1919 onward. The Kurgemeinde, the spa and resort administrative body rather than a municipal government in the conventional sense, was authorized to issue these locally as a practical stopgap.
Wagner of Innsbruck was a regional commercial printer, not a security press, which is worth knowing when assessing paper quality and ink consistency across surviving examples. The JPR0403a series designation suggests at least one variant exists within the Igls issue.