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| Issuer | Gemeinde Oberalm (Municipality of Oberalm) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 15 November 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Dark navy blue letterpress text on plain cream paper, entirely typographic in layout with no pictorial vignette. The upper portion carries the word 'Notgeld' set in Gothic Fraktur type within individual boxed letters, accompanied by the serial letter 'L' at right. A central bordered panel contains the issuing authority 'Gemeinde Oberalm', the validity date, and the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister M. Klappacher. The denomination '75' in large bold numerals is flanked by the word 'Heller' on both sides within a subdivided rectangular frame at the base. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black Fraktur type on cream paper, with the obverse design showing through as a ghost underprint. The central bordered panel carries a four-line humorous verse in Austrian dialect, set in Gothic script. The surrounding layout mirrors the obverse framework, with the boxed 'Notgeld' lettering and denomination panel visible in reverse as a show-through from the thin paper stock. |
| Reverse lettering | Lustig sein, lustig sein, Tanz, Musi und an Wein, Drah'n tuan ma fesch und flott, 's End is da Bankrott! |
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