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80 Heller Hofkirchen an der Trattnach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hofkirchen an der Trattnach (Municipality of Hofkirchen an der Trattnach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Gemeinde Hofkirchen a. d. T. 80 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central octagonal vignette of a rural landscape with trees and a farmstead, captioned as the Mayrhofer estate in Weiß, birthplace of the poet Anzengruber. Denomination numerals '80' appear in circular cartouches at upper left and right, flanked by floral garland borders, with the text panels bearing the legal tender and validity clauses in blackletter script on either side. The large blackletter legend 'Hofkirchen' runs across the lower centre, with 'Gutschein' and the year '1920' inscribed in ornamental tablets at the lower corners; the engraver's imprint 'R. Mayer 1920' is visible at the lower right. |
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One of thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues printed in the wake of the postwar coin shortage, this 80 Heller note from Hofkirchen an der Trattnach belongs to the wave of emergency currency that flooded Upper Austria between 1919 and 1921. The denomination itself is characteristic of the period's awkward arithmetic — 80 Heller fills a gap left when bronze coinage disappeared from everyday transactions almost entirely.
R. Mayer is credited as designer, though whether this was a local commission or a regional printing house offering customized stock designs is not established with certainty.