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60 Heller
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Firsching (Commune of Firsching, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 60 Hellers (0.6) |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress-printed note on plain buff paper, dominated by a large stylised fleur-de-lis or foliate vignette in the centre, within a single-rule rectangular border. The denomination numeral '60' appears in bold black type within a white oval superimposed on the vignette, with the word 'Heller' in Gothic script below. The issuer abbreviations 'O.' and 'Ö.' flank the lower portion of the vignette, with the commune name 'Firsching' in large blackletter type across the base; the legend 'GUTSCHEIN DER ORTSGEMEINDE' runs along the top margin in sans-serif capitals. |
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| Reverse description | Plain buff paper reverse with entirely typeset text in black ink, unadorned by vignettes or borders. The upper right carries the edition notation 'Aufl. II a.' The main body bears the redemption clause in German, followed by the printed signature line of the local mayor below the title 'Der Ortsvorsteher:'. |
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Firsching is a tiny rural settlement in Upper Austria — a Rotte rather than a proper Marktgemeinde — which makes its issuance of a Notgeld certificate genuinely unusual. The 60 Heller denomination sits in the middle of the Notgeld range, suggesting the commune was trying to address a specific gap in small change availability rather than issuing a full series for collector revenue, though by 1920 that distinction had blurred considerably.
Franz Brandstätter's signature as issuing authority is the only anchor of accountability on a note backed by nothing more than local municipal trust — and the creditworthiness of an Austrian commune in 1920, with hyperinflation accelerating, was not a reassuring proposition.