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60 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pucking (Municipality of Pucking, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 60 Hellers (0.6) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in rose-red on cream paper within an ornate scalloped and hatched border frame. The upper left corner bears a large decorative illuminated initial 'D' in Gothic style, and the body of the note is occupied by a full text in German Kurrent script stating the terms of issue, total voucher value of 30,000 Kronen, and redemption obligation at the municipal treasury by 31 December 1920. The lower portion carries the label 'Der Bürgermeister:' followed by a manuscript signature, with the printer's imprint 'Druck V. Langhammer, Linz' at the bottom right. |
| Reverse lettering | Die Gemeinde Pucking gibt laut Sitzungsbeschluss vom 24. Mai 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 30.000 Kr. aus und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Gutschein bis 31. Dec. 1920 bei der Gemeindekasse in gesetzlichem Bargeld einzulösen. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzl. bestraft. Der Bürgermeister: Druck V. Langhammer, Linz |
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Pucking is a small municipality south of Linz, and this 60 Heller notgeld is among the more modest products of Austria's postwar emergency currency wave — a denomination awkward enough that it suggests the issuer was trying to plug a very specific gap in local small change. The Langhammer press in Linz handled a considerable volume of Upper Austrian municipal notgeld during this period, and their work for rural communes like Pucking was purely functional.
The 1920 date places this note in the second phase of Austrian notgeld issuance, after the initial wartime shortages but during the ongoing monetary chaos of the early First Republic, when municipalities still could not rely on the central government to supply adequate coinage.