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80 Heller Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis (Municipality of Hofkirchen im Mühlkreis) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse lettering | Im nächsten Jahr Hofkirchen i. Mühlkr. 80 80 1541 1920 Die Gemeinde Hofkirchen i. M. Öst. gibt laut Beschluss vom 29. Febr. 1920 Gutscheine im Gesamtbetrage von 150.000 Kr. aus, und haftet für die Verbindlichkeit diesen Gutschein bis auf Widerruf in gesetzl. Bargeld einzulösen. Der Bürgermeister: i. Bogg. Die Nachmachung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. |
| Reverse description | Red-brown letterpress Notgeld on plain paper. The left two-thirds carry a large rectangular text panel within a decorative geometric border of repeated leaf and chevron motifs, setting out the full municipal guarantee clause in Gothic script. A ruled border separates this from a right panel bearing the title 'Gutschein der Gemeinde' in display lettering above a framed denomination box with the numeral '80', beneath which the issuing authority 'Hofkirchen i. Mühlkreis Oberösterr.' appears. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a severe coin shortage that persisted well after the First World War ended — small-denomination metal coinage had been hoarded, melted, or simply never reminted in sufficient quantity. Gemeinden across Upper Austria printed their own emergency pfennig and heller notes to keep local commerce functioning, with each municipality responsible for its own redemption guarantee.
The 80-Heller denomination is notably awkward — not a round figure, not a standard fraction. Whether this reflects a specific local pricing need or an attempt to cover a gap in circulating values is unrecorded.