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5 Heller Innsbruck, Prv. Ladiner Verein
| Issuer | Ladiner Verein Innsbruck |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 5 Hellers (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Green on cream paper. The left third carries a large stylised numeral '5' above the denomination HELLER in bold letterpress. The centre vignette, set within an oval frame, presents a landscape view of the Dolomite mountains at Ampezzo with a lake in the foreground, captioned AMPEZZO above and signed by the artist Gustl da Tlusoll below. To the right, within a ruled panel, the redemption text and the chairman's manuscript signature appear beneath the issuer's name in bold capitals. |
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| Obverse lettering | AMPEZZO GUSTL DA TLUSOLL 5 HELLER DER LADINER VEREIN LÖST DIESEN GUTSCHEIN BIS 31. XII. 20 EIN DER OBMANN: (?) |
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The Ladiner Verein was a cultural association founded in Innsbruck to represent the Ladin-speaking population of the Dolomite valleys — a community caught between competing national claims after the dissolution of Austria-Hungary and the post-war transfer of South Tyrol to Italy. Emergency small-change notes issued by private associations in 1920 Austria were a direct consequence of acute coin shortages, and the Verein's decision to issue their own Heller notes was entirely practical rather than political.
The designer credit to Gustl da Tlusoll is notable — Ladin-language name forms appearing on printed ephemera from this transitional period are uncommon, and this series sits among the more culturally specific of the Austrian Notgeld issues.