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40 Heller Ried im Traunkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ried im Traunkreis |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress design on cream paper, with the denomination numeral '40' in red at each corner within scalloped rosette frames. The central text field is set in ornate Gothic script, reading 'Gutschein d. Gemeinde Ried im Traunkreis' above a redemption guarantee clause in German. A facsimile signature of the municipal commissioner ('Maringer') appears at lower right, with the printer's imprint at the bottom margin; the vertical left margin carries a handwritten-style inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Rich multicolour letterpress composition in deep red, blue, and black on cream paper, with a densely patterned foliate background interspersed with stylised edelweiss blossoms. A central cartouche in blue encloses a woodcut-style vignette of a rural chapel set among trees. The denomination '40' is printed in large bold numerals at left and right, with the word 'Vierzig' in red Gothic script across the top; two oval panels at the lower centre carry the inscriptions 'Gutschein d. Gemeinde' and 'Riedin Traunkreis' in Gothic lettering. |
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Austrian Gemeindegeld notgeld of this type was produced in enormous quantities between 1919 and 1921 to address the chronic small-denomination coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Ried im Traunkreis, a small market town in Upper Austria, commissioned its series from M. Rißling, a local printer operating out of institutional preprinted stock — hence the "Inst. Vordr." credit, indicating the base sheet was a generic preprinted form rather than a purpose-engraved design.
The single Maringer signature suggests municipal rather than banking authorization. Jaksch/Pick JPR0836IIa places this among the straightforward utilitarian issues rather than the decorative collector-targeted notgeld that flooded the market in the same period.