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60 Heller Igls
| Issuer | Kurgemeinde Igls in Tirol |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central oval portrait vignette of Andreas Hofer (Tyrolean patriot hero, dated 1809 at base of wreath), set within a laurel wreath, printed in dark brown. The denomination '60' appears at upper left, with the issuer's guarantee text in Gothic script at lower left and the redemption clause at upper and lower right. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower right: that of the Bürgermeister (Mayor) Maurer above, and the Kassier (Cashier) A. Kaserer below. Printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK.' appears at lower left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | PAUL HILBER VON IGLS 60 Kassenschein über Sechzig Heller. Die Kurgemeinde Igls haftet für die Einlösung dieses Scheines bis 31. Dez. 1920. Der Bürgermeister: Der Kassier: |
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Igls is a small village on the plateau above Innsbruck, best known then as now as a health resort — the "Kur" in Kurgemeinde signals a spa or convalescent community rather than a standard municipal government. This 60 Heller note is one of the Notgeld issues that proliferated across German-speaking Austria and Germany from 1919 onward, when chronic small-change shortages forced even minor resort administrations to print their own emergency fractional currency. Wagner of Innsbruck was a local commercial printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which is typical of Tirolean Notgeld from this period.
The odd denomination — 60 Heller rather than the more common 10, 20, or 50 — suggests it was calculated to cover a specific local transaction, possibly a bath admission or tram fare.