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| Issuer | Municipality of Brandenberg |
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| In circulation to | 31 January 1921 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark ink on plain paper with a subtle laid pattern. The denomination '80 Heller' is inscribed in large Gothic blackletter type across the top, above a centrally placed heraldic double-headed eagle with spread wings rendered in a bold woodcut manner. The municipality name 'Brandenberg' in matching blackletter script is positioned at the base of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | 80 Heller Brandenberg |
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| Comments |
Brandenberg is a small Tyrolean village on the Brandenberger Ache, and its municipal notgeld issues reflect exactly the kind of hyperlocal emergency currency that proliferated across Austria in the chaotic post-WWI period. The 80 Heller denomination is an unusual face value — most Tyrolean communes gravitated toward round figures — suggesting Brandenberg was filling a specific gap in local transactional change rather than issuing a commemorative set for collectors.
Wagner of Innsbruck was the workhorse printer for dozens of these small Tyrolean municipal issues, which gives the series little distinction on technical grounds. The Jaksc catalogue reference confirms this as a recognized variant within the broader Austrian notgeld corpus.