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80 Heller Kirchberg am Wagram
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Kirchberg am Wagram |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Marktgemeinde Kirchberg a. Wagram Gutschein über 80 Heller, giltig bis 31.12.1920 Diese unverzinslichen Gutscheine werden von der Marktgemeinde Kirchberg a. War. bis 31.12.1920 in Zahlung genommen u. in der Zeit vom 1.-31.12.1920 eingelöst. Die Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in ochre-gold on cream paper, the reverse is dominated by a bold geometric underprint of repeating chevron and diamond shapes covering the full field within a plain ruled border. At the centre, a circular municipal seal displays the town arms — a tower with flanking structures set against a vertically lined shield — surrounded by the legend 'MARKTGEMEINDE KIRCHBERG AM WAGRAM' and a small ornamental star below. |
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Austrian Notgeld of this type emerged from a practical crisis: the postwar collapse of small coinage left market towns unable to make change for everyday transactions. Kirchberg am Wagram, a small wine-producing market town in Lower Austria, issued this 80 Heller note under its own municipal authority in 1920 as a purely local stop-gap — valid only within the commune and theoretically redeemable, though in practice most series were retired through collection rather than commerce.
The designer credit to Broinger is unusual; most Notgeld series from Lower Austrian Marktgemeinden used anonymous or committee-produced artwork. Whether Broinger was a local artist or a Vienna-based commercial illustrator brought in for the series is not established in the standard references.