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80 Heller Brandenberg in Tirol
| Issuer | Municipality of Brandenberg |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 January 1921 |
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| Reverse description | Cream-toned reverse centred on a hexagonal frame enclosing the large denomination numeral '80' rendered in a bold decorative typeface with internal line-work shading, below which the word 'Heller' is set in Gothic script. Four small floral ornaments occupy the outer corners of the design field. The printer's imprint 'WAGNER. INNSBRUCK.' appears at the foot of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 80 Heller WAGNER. INNSBRUCK. |
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Brandenberg is a small village in the Alpbach Valley of Tyrol, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1920 reflects the acute small-change shortage that gripped Austrian rural communities after the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. The central government could not supply enough low-denomination coinage, leaving municipalities — even tiny ones — to print their own emergency fractional currency. Wagner of Innsbruck was the practical choice for dozens of Tyrolean communities during this period, handling local notgeld runs efficiently and cheaply.
The 80 Heller denomination is the less common value in the Brandenberg JPR0099 series.