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70 Heller Pöchlarn
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Pöchlarn |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0755IV-70-10 |
| Obverse description | Green guilloche underprint forms the central field, upon which the town coat of arms of Pöchlarn — a standing figure within an ornate cartouche — is printed at centre, flanked by the year '1920' handwritten above. The denomination '70 Heller' appears in bold blackletter script within decorative scroll vignettes at left and right. The lower centre carries the issuing authority text and two facsimile signatures of the Vizebürgermeister and Bürgermeister, with the validity date 'Giltig bis 15.X.1920' at lower left and 'Vierte Auflage' (Fourth Issue) at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 70 Heller Die Stadtgemeinde Pöchlarn a/D. haftet mit ihrem ganzen Vermögen für die Einlösung dieses Scheines. Die Wellen fliehn und blinken Heut wie vor alten Jahren. Vom Kahn lass mich dir winken In gute Pecheraren. Fehessel Giltig bis 15.X.1920. Vierte Auflage Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: |
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Pöchlarn is a small town on the Danube in Lower Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency small change — Notgeld — to compensate for the catastrophic shortage of coins that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. These local issues were authorized under the broader Austrian Notgeld framework and redeemable only within the issuing community, which is precisely why so many survived in collector hands rather than returning to the issuer for redemption.
The Jaksc catalogue reference places this firmly within the documented Lower Austrian municipal series. Provincial Notgeld of this denomination and date is common as a class but individual municipal issues vary considerably in surviving population.