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75 Heller Hochfilzen in Tirol
| Issuer | Hochfilzen, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is occupied by a finely executed letterpress vignette of the village of Hochfilzen set against a dramatic Alpine backdrop, with a prominent church steeple rising from farmstead buildings amid a snow-covered valley floor, and rugged mountain peaks rendered in detailed line engraving filling the upper field. The inscription 'HOCHFILZEN IN TIROL' appears along the lower edge of the vignette border, with '2. AUFLAGE' (second issue) at the bottom left and the printer's imprint 'WAGNER INNSBRUCK' at the bottom right. The composition is enclosed within an octagonally cut decorative frame with darkened corner accents. |
| Reverse lettering | HOCHFILZEN IN TIROL 2. AUFLAGE WAGNER INNSBRUCK |
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Hochfilzen is a small alpine commune in the Kitzbühel district, and its 1919 Heller notgeld issue belongs to the wave of emergency municipal scrip that flooded Tyrol following the collapse of the Habsburg state. The Wagner press in Innsbruck handled a considerable volume of Tyrolean notgeld commissions in this period — the same operation printed issues for several nearby communes, which occasionally causes attribution confusion in collections where printer's marks have been trimmed.
At 75 Heller, this is an uncommon denomination for the series. Most Hochfilzen issues concentrated on the 10, 20, and 50 Heller values.