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75 Heller Ostermiething
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ostermiething (Municipality of Ostermiething) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with a simple typographic design printed in black ink. A double-ruled rectangular border with decorative scroll ornaments at the corners frames the text, with the word NOTGELD in bold letters at top and bottom, and the issuer name OSTERMIETHING in large display type at centre. The denomination 75 flanked by the word HELLER on either side appears in large bold numerals at mid-field, with a faint circular official stamp visible at centre; below the border, the validity inscription in Gothic script reads '3. Ausgabe. Gültig bis 30. November 1920'. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Ostermiething is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 75 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921. With the postwar Habsburg currency in chronic shortage and small-denomination coins nearly absent from circulation, thousands of local authorities — down to the village level — printed their own emergency scrip. Most issues were redeemable only locally and for limited periods, which is precisely why so many survived uncirculated: collectors began hoarding them almost immediately, turning what was meant as a practical stopgap into a cottage philatelic industry.
The official municipality stamp serves as the primary authentication, a common arrangement when no formal printing contract was in place.