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80 Heller
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Senftenberg (Market Town of Senftenberg, Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 80 Hellers (0.8) |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a central rectangular border of dotted guilloche containing a six-line German verse (the Nibelungen poem), above which a violet rectangular cachet reads 'Kremstaler Auflage 850' applied diagonally. Below the verse panel, a three-line declaration in German gothic script states the municipality's guarantee of the note. Series designation 'Serie I.' appears at lower left and 'Nachdruck verboten.' at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Wo der Strom der Nibelungen / Zwischen Rebenhängen zieht, / Ward für ewge Zeit gesungen / Deutscher Treue hohes Lied. / Deutsch in Lied und Tat zugleich, / Bleibe treu, Deutschösterreich! / Kremstaler Auflage 850 / Zur Behebung der Kleingeldnot gibt die Marktgemeinde Senftenberg diese Kassenscheine aus und haftet für diese Verbindlichkeit mit ihrem Vermögen. / Serie I. / Nachdruck verboten. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this period exists in extraordinary variety, but the 80 Heller denomination is among the more unusual face values — most municipal issuers stuck to round figures. Senftenberg, a small market town in the Krems district, issued its Notgeld series during the peak years of the postwar currency emergency, when the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small communities effectively printing their own change.
The 80 Heller value suggests this was designed to complement specific denominations already in circulation rather than issued independently — a practical arithmetic decision, not an arbitrary one.