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40 Heller Rattenberg
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Rattenberg (City of Rattenberg, Tyrol) |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Typographically rich face printed in dark brown and red-orange on grey paper, with a decorative border of foliate ornaments enclosing the denomination numerals '40' in each corner. The central text is set in ornate blackletter script reading 'Kassenschein über Vierzig Heller', beneath which a guarantee clause in Fraktur type states that the Stadtgemeinde Rattenberg in Tirol pledges its full movable and immovable assets for redemption. A large red official town seal is impressed at centre, flanked by three manuscript signatures below the titles 'Der Vizebürgermeister', 'Der Bürgermeister', and 'Der Stadtkämmerer'; the validity date 'Gültig nur bis 31. Dez. 1920' appears in red at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 40 Heller Stadt Rattenberg in Tirol II. AUFLAGE WAGNER INNSBRUCK. |
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Rattenberg, on the Inn River in Tyrol, holds the distinction of being the smallest town in Austria — a fact that makes its wartime notgeld issues something of a curiosity. Like hundreds of Austrian municipalities during the coin shortage of the First World War, Rattenberg authorized small-denomination emergency paper to keep local commerce moving when metal disappeared from circulation. Wagner in Innsbruck handled printing for numerous Tyrolean communities during this period, making attribution straightforward here.
The official seal was the only security measure applied — modest, but sufficient for notes that almost never left their issuing town.