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60 Heller St. Johann in Tirol
| Issuer | Gemeinde St. Johann in Tirol (Municipality of St. Johann in Tirol) |
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| Size | 88 × 56 mm |
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| Obverse description | The face is dominated by an elaborate Gothic calligraphic initial at left, rendered in dark ink with intricate interlaced scrollwork. To the right, the denomination 'Sechzig Heller' is set in large Gothic blackletter type beneath the heading 'Kassenschein über', with the issuing authority text in a lighter Gothic script below. A coral-red rosette underprint is visible at center, and the printer's imprint 'Wagner, Innsbruck' appears at lower right alongside a facsimile mayoral signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenschein über Sechzig Heller herausgegeben von der Gemeinde St. Johann i. Tirol, welche bis 28. Feber 1921 für die Einlösung dieses Scheines mit ihrem ganzen Vermögen haftet. Nachahmung verboten. Der Bürgermeister: WAGNER, INNSBRUCK. (Translation: Voucher for Sixty Heller issued by the Municipality of St. Johann i. Tirol, which is liable until 28 February 1921 for the redemption of this note with all its assets. Imitation prohibited. The Mayor:) |
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St. Johann in Tirol issued Heller-denomination Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Austria after the First World War, when hoarding of metal coins left everyday transactions nearly impossible. Hundreds of Austrian municipalities printed their own emergency fractions between roughly 1919 and 1922, and the Wagner firm in Innsbruck supplied a number of Tyrolean communities during that period.
The 60 Heller denomination is slightly unusual — most series clustered around 10, 20, and 50 Heller values — suggesting this was issued to fill a specific transactional gap in local commerce.