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40 Heller Meggenhofen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Meggenhofen (Municipality of Meggenhofen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 40 Hellers (0.4) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gem. Meggenhofen GUTSCHEIN über VIERZIG HELL. II. Auflage Diese Scheine werden vier Wochen nach Bekanntgabe in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Der Bürgermeist. Gemeinde-Vorstenung MEGGENHOFEN Bez. Grieskirchen ob. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gemeinde Meggenhofen Zweite Auflage URSACHE d. FOLGEN 1914–19 1921 Hart Geld GUTSCHOSTER im ZEICHEN der HARTGELDNOT VIERZIG HELLER |
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Meggenhofen is a small Upper Austrian village, and its 1921 Heller notes belong to the vast wave of Austrian municipal notgeld issued between 1919 and 1922 — a direct consequence of the coinage shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg Empire and the economic dislocation of the immediate postwar years. Hundreds of Gemeinden printed their own fractional notes during this period, many commissioning local printers with no particular artistic pretension.
The Jaksc/Pick reference IId designation places this within a specific sub-series, suggesting Meggenhofen issued multiple Heller denominations under the same authorization. Heinrich Hattinger signed as the responsible municipal official, almost certainly the Bürgermeister at the time.