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80 Heller Grossraming
| Issuer | Gemeinde Grossraming (Municipality of Grossraming) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | Jaksc/Pick#JPR0296II-80 |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue-violet on a fine guilloche underprint, the reverse is bilaterally symmetrical, with the denomination text 'Gutschein über Achtzig Heller der Gemeinde Grossraming' repeated in Fraktur script on both left and right sides. A centrally placed ornate cartouche bears the municipal arms of Grossraming, flanked by the large bold numerals '80' at lower left and right. The central text block provides the legal redemption clause in German, dated Grossraming, 1. Mai 1920. |
| Reverse lettering | Gutschein über Achtzig Heller der Gemeinde Grossraming Diese Gutscheine werden von der Gemeinde Grossraming unter ihrer Haftung wegen Kleingeldmangels ausgegeben und bis zum öffentlich verlautbarten Endtermin in der Gemeindefanzlei in Grossraming in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Grossraming, 1. Mai 1920. |
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Grossraming is a small market town in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency paper money — Notgeld — to address a crippling coin shortage that persisted well after the armistice. The collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left local economies scrambling, and municipal authorities were legally permitted to issue small-denomination notes to keep trade moving at the village level.
The 80 Heller denomination is slightly unusual; most Austrian municipal Notgeld clustered around 10, 20, and 50 Heller values. An 80 Heller piece suggests deliberate local pricing needs rather than a standard series.