Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
70 Heller Nachrichten
| Issuer | Mödlinger Nachrichten (City of Mödling, Lower Austria) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#0624-70 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 70 HELLER Mödlinger Nachrichten Für den Kundenverkehr ausgegeben mit der Verpflichtung zur vollen Einlösung in gesetzlichem Bargelde bis 31. Dezember 1920. Das böse Geld! Die böse Welt! Traut keiner Außenseite! Die Leute machen falsches Geld! Das Geld macht falsche Leute. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and presents a plain cream-white paper surface, with the obverse design visible in faint mirror impression through the thin paper stock, confirming single-sided letterpress production. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Austrian Notgeld from the postwar inflation period, issued by the local newspaper rather than the municipality itself — an unusual arrangement that made the Mödlinger Nachrichten both the issuing authority and, effectively, the advertising vehicle. Newspaper-issued Notgeld is uncommon even within the already eccentric taxonomy of Austrian emergency currency, and Mödling's decision to route the issue through the press rather than the Stadtamt is not fully explained in surviving administrative records.
The 1920 Notgeld wave in Lower Austria was driven by a severe coin shortage, not hyperinflation proper — that came later. These notes were intended for genuine small-change transactions, not speculation.