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80 Heller Krems
| Issuer | Krems an der Donau, City of |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 80 Hellers (0.8) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a panoramic view of Krems an der Donau with a church tower and townscape rendered in fine line work, framed by two standing folk figures in traditional regional costume — a male figure with outstretched arms at left and a female figure with children at right. The denomination '80' appears in both lower corners above the legend 'HELLER', with the inscriptions 'KREMS AUG SEP 1920' and 'ZU GUNSTEN DER HEIMBE-FÖRDERUNG UNSERER ARMEN KRIEGSGEFANGENEN' arched across the lower register. The entire design is printed in violet-purple on white paper in a letterpress style typical of Austrian Notgeld issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1. Auflage. Achtzig 80 Heller Dieser Betrag gilt als Spende zur Heimbeförderung und Fürsorge unserer kriegsgefangenen Landsleute und wird nicht eingelöst. "Edna", Erste deutsch-öst. Notgeldausstellung Krems a/D. 1920 |
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Krems an der Donau was among the hundreds of Austrian municipalities forced to print their own small-denomination emergency money — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortage that followed the collapse of the Habsburg economy after 1918. The 80 Heller denomination is slightly unusual; most Krems issues ran in rounder values, and the 80 Heller suggests a deliberate effort to cover specific pricing gaps in local trade.
By 1920 the Austrian Notgeld phenomenon had shifted from genuine necessity toward collector-driven series, and many municipalities were printing more than they needed for circulation. Whether this particular note was primarily utilitarian or partly speculative in its print run is difficult to establish.