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60 Heller Steinwald
| Issuer | Commune of Steinwald (Federal State of Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress on grey paper; the commune name 'Steinwald' is set in Gothic blackletter at the top. A central oval guilloche underprint in red frames the denomination numeral '60' in two black roundels flanking the word 'Heller', with an acanthus scroll border along the lower edge. |
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| Reverse description | Plain grey paper with black letterpress text in justified blocks stating the redemption terms; edition reference 'Aufl. 2a.' appears at upper right, followed by the facsimile signature of the local mayor (Ortsvorsteher) Franz Himmelbauer. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a genuine monetary vacuum: the collapse of the Habsburg economy left rural communes with almost no small change in circulation by 1920, forcing local authorities to print their own fractional scrip. The Commune of Steinwald's issue is administratively straightforward — signed by Franz Himmelbauer, presumably the Bürgermeister or a designated municipal officer at the time.
Upper Austrian Notgeld was rarely printed by major houses; most small-commune issues were produced by regional printers, sometimes in very limited runs, which accounts for the scarcity of surviving examples from villages of this size.