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| Issuer | Gesellschaft Einsiedler, Hall in Tirol |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 75 Hellers (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld voucher printed in dark violet on a pale olive-grey underprint with an interlaced Art Nouveau foliate border. The denomination numeral '75' appears in large bold Gothic type at the upper left and upper right corners, with a smaller '75' vignette at centre flanked by stylised floral ornaments. The text is set in a mix of blackletter and Kurrent scripts, with the issuing authority and redemption conditions arranged in two columns flanking the central motif. |
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| Reverse lettering | 75 Heller SALZSUD-HAUS Notgeld für Hall i. T. DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKEREI G.M.B.H., INNSBRUCK |
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| Comments |
Hall in Tirol was one of hundreds of Austrian municipalities and local bodies that resorted to Notgeld during the postwar economic collapse, when small-denomination coins vanished from circulation almost entirely. The Gesellschaft Einsiedler — a local association rather than a municipal authority — was among the more unusual issuers in the region, sitting outside the typical town council or savings bank structure that generated most Tyrolean emergency currency.
Deutsche Buchdruckerei in Innsbruck handled a considerable volume of Tyrolean Notgeld output in this period, which makes attribution of printing errors or paper variations across the series genuinely difficult.