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75 Heller Schwaz
| Issuer | Stadt Schwaz (City of Schwaz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents two architectural vignettes flanking a central vertical panel bearing the Tyrolean eagle coat of arms in colour. The left vignette shows the Franziskaner Kirche (Franciscan Church) with a pointed steeple set against an alpine background, labelled above in Roman capitals. The right vignette illustrates the Michaelskapelle (St. Michael's Chapel), a Romanesque structure with arched windows, similarly labelled. The denomination numeral '75' appears at the lower left, a decorative monogram cartouche at the lower right, and the issuer inscription 'Stadt Schwaz i. Tirol' runs along the lower margin in Gothic blackletter. The print run notation '4. AUFLAGE' is inscribed at the lower left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | FRANZISKANER KIRCHE MICHAELSKAPELLE. Stadt Schwaz i. Tirol 4. AUFLAGE |
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Schwaz, once one of the wealthiest towns in the Habsburg world on the back of its silver mines, was reduced by 1920 to issuing 75-Heller Notgeld to keep local commerce functioning. The Austrian Notgeld phenomenon peaked in 1920–1921, driven by a nationwide coin shortage so severe that hundreds of municipalities commissioned their own emergency issues — Schwaz among them.
Waner of Innsbruck handled a number of Tyrolean municipal issues during this period, a regional printer working under significant demand pressure.