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75 Heller Eggelsberg
| Issuer | Gemeinde Eggelsberg (Municipality of Eggelsberg) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | NEHMT DIE VERFLUCHTE GRENZE FORT WAS DEUTSCH IST WILL ZUSAMMEN 75 NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE IN EGGELSBERG ÖSTERR.-BAYER. GRENZE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain paper and carries an entirely typographic layout within a ruled rectangular border. The denomination '75 Heller' is set in large blackletter type at the upper left and right corners, flanking the heading '3. Notgeldauflage der Gemde. Eggelsberg'. A substantial block of German Gothic text details the legal authorization for issue, with patriotic verse lines printed horizontally along the side margins and additional slogans in the lower section. The anti-counterfeiting warning 'Nachahmung wird gesetzl. bestraft.' appears in bold within a decorative band near the foot, followed by the printer's imprint. |
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Eggelsberg is a small market commune in Upper Austria, roughly twelve kilometres from Braunau am Inn. This note belongs to the vast wave of Austrian municipal Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1921, when chronic small-coin shortages forced hundreds of towns and villages to print their own emergency fractions. The Gemeinde commissioned Josef Moser's print shop in the nearest significant town rather than sourcing from Vienna — a practical choice that kept costs down and turnaround fast.
Moser was a regional trade printer, not a specialist banknote house, and that shows in the workmanship.