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75 heller Oberalm
| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberalm (Municipality of Oberalm) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with all text printed in dark navy blue letterpress using a blackletter (Fraktur) typeface throughout. The word 'Notgeld' appears across the top in individual boxed letters, followed to the right by the denomination letter 'K'. A central rectangular panel carries the issuing authority name, validity date, and the mayor's authorisation, while a ruled panel at the foot of the note states the denomination '75' flanked by 'Heller' on each side. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper on which the ghost impression of the obverse layout is visible in show-through. A central rectangular panel carries a four-line satirical verse in Bavarian-Austrian dialect, set in blackletter letterpress. The obverse border and denomination panel outlines are faintly discernible as a see-through underprint, framing the verse text. |
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Austrian municipal notgeld of this kind emerged from a genuine small-change crisis that persisted well after the armistice — coins had been hoarded or melted, and the new Republic had not yet stabilized coin production. Oberalm, a village in Salzburg province, issued this 75 Heller alongside other denominations as a purely local stopgap, valid only within the commune and redeemable in theory once federal coinage returned in adequate quantity.
The Klappacher signature almost certainly belongs to the Bürgermeister authorizing the series rather than a printer's representative. Many Salzburg-area municipalities used local printing shops for these issues, leaving attribution to specific presses difficult.