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| Issuer | Bad Gastein, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld voucher (Gutschein) printed in dark brown and green, bearing the denomination '60' in white numerals within a green hexagonal vignette at centre, flanked by the word 'Heller' in Gothic blackletter script on each side. The upper portion carries the issuing authority inscription in Gothic lettering, with the validity date '31.12.20.' and the edition notice 'II. Auflage' in the upper right. The lower portion bears three manuscript signature lines for Bürgermeister, Vizebürgermeister, and Gemeinderat, accompanied by an embossed green municipal seal to the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | II. Auflage Giltig bis Gutschein 31.12.20. der Gemeinde Badgastein Heller 60 Heller Bürgermeister: Vizebürgermeister: Gemeinderat: |
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Bad Gastein's notgeld issues belong to the broader Austrian Kleingeldersatz wave that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system — small municipalities filling a coin vacuum that the new Austrian state was too overwhelmed to address. The 60 Heller denomination is slightly unusual within the Gastein series; most tourist-resort communities in the Salzkammergut and Salzburg province favored rounder values for easier transaction handling.
The JPR reference places this within the Jaksch cataloguing system for Austrian local issues, which remains the authoritative source but is notoriously incomplete for distinguishing print runs.