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60 Heller Brandenberg
| Issuer | Municipality of Brandenberg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 60 Hellers (0.6) |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned Notgeld note with a central octagonal vignette bearing the large numeral '60' at top and the issuing authority inscription in Gothic script. Flanking the central panel are two full-length figures in traditional Tyrolean folk costume — a woman to the left and a bearded man to the right — rendered in fine line engraving. The text 'Giltig bis 31. Jan. 1921' appears within the central panel alongside two manuscript signature lines, and the notation '3. AUFLAGE' (third issue) is printed at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 60 Heller WAGNER INNSBRUCK. |
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Brandenberg is a small Tyrolean village in the Rofan foothills, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1921 places this squarely within the Austrian Notgeld wave that followed the economic collapse after the First World War. Municipal authorities across the Tyrol — including communities far too small to have any obvious monetary infrastructure — were effectively forced into local currency production when chronic coin shortages made everyday commerce unworkable. Wagner of Innsbruck handled a substantial share of this regional Notgeld printing work, supplying dozens of Tyrolean municipalities through this period.
The 60 Heller denomination is the highest in the Brandenberg series under this reference, suggesting it was intended to cover slightly larger routine transactions.