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40 Heller Krems - EDNA)
| Issuer | Krems an der Donau, City of |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a panoramic vignette of the Krems an der Donau townscape across the upper register, with church steeples and rooftops rendered in a fine linear style. At centre, a seated male figure in a contemplative pose is framed between the large denomination numerals '40' on either side, with 'Heller' inscribed below each. A lower text band carries an inscription in Gothic script, and the note bears the caption '7. b. Notgeldausstellung Krems' at the top. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1. Auflage. Bierzig 40 Heller Dieser Betrag gilt als Spende zur Heimbeförderung und Fürsorge unserer kriegsgefangenen Landsleute und wird nicht eingelöst. "Edna" Erste b.-b. Notgeldausstellung Krems a/D. 1920 |
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Krems an der Donau was among the hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to produce their own small-denomination emergency notes — Notgeld — during the prolonged currency chaos that followed the First World War. The imperial coinage system had effectively collapsed, and the new Austrian state lacked the infrastructure to flood the provinces with adequate small change in time. Cities like Krems filled the gap themselves.
The "EDNA" designation within the series reference distinguishes this issue by printing variant or paper stock, not a separate authorization. Locally printed Notgeld from this period varied considerably in execution — quality control was the printer's problem, not Vienna's.