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75 Heller Lofer
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lofer (Market Town of Lofer) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark red on buff paper and dominated by a large landscape vignette of Schloss Grubhof set against an alpine mountain backdrop, rendered in a detailed woodcut style with surrounding trees. The caption 'SCHLOSS GRUBHOF' appears in small capitals beneath the vignette. At the lower centre, a horizontal inscription band in Gothic script reads 'Marktgemeinde Lofer, Land Salzburg, Republik Deutschösterreich', flanked on either side by the denomination numeral '75' in bold circular cartouches. |
| Reverse lettering | SCHLOSS GRUBHOF Marktgemeinde Lofer, Land Salzburg Republik Deutschösterreich. 75 75 |
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One of thousands of Austrian Notgeld issues produced during the severe coin shortage of the First World War and its immediate aftermath, this 75 Heller note from Lofer — a small market town in the Salzburg district of St. Johann — was printed by Wagner in Innsbruck, a firm that handled numerous Tyrolean and Salzburg municipal emergency issues during this period. Local authorities were authorized to issue small-denomination paper to replace hoarded or melted coinage, and towns as minor as Lofer found themselves acting as de facto currency issuers.
The Jaksc/Pick reference JPR0560a indicates this is the first catalogued variety for the Lofer 75 Heller type, suggesting at least one additional variant exists.