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| Uitgever | Marsbach, Municipality of |
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| Jaar | 1920 |
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| Valuta | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Green-ground note printed in black and cream, with a central woodcut-style vignette of the ruins of Kaichenbach set within a dark framed surround. The denomination numeral 80 with the Heller abbreviation h appears in large cream figures at the upper left and upper right corners against the green field. The name of the depicted ruin, Ruine Kaichenbach, is inscribed in decorative script along the lower margin. |
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| Beschrijving beveiliging | No watermark |
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| Opmerkingen |
Marsbach is a small market commune in Upper Austria's Mühlviertel district, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1920 placed it among the hundreds of Austrian municipalities that printed Notgeld to compensate for the chronic small-denomination coin shortage that persisted well after the First World War ended. The 80 Heller denomination is an odd choice — most Notgeld series favored rounder values — which suggests this was calibrated to a specific local pricing need rather than issued as part of a decorative series for collectors.
The watermarked paper is worth noting. Many municipal Austrian Notgeld issues of this period used plain stock; the presence of a watermark here implies the commune sourced a more controlled paper supply, likely to deter forgery at even this hyperlocal level.