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80 Heller Pichl bei Windischgarsten
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pichl bei Windischgarsten (Municipality of Pichl bei Windischgarsten) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in olive-green on cream paper, the obverse centres on an oval vignette enclosed by a wreath of laurel branches tied with ribbons at the base, showing a woodworker operating a large lathe or sawmill apparatus with timber and equipment arranged around him in a workshop setting. The denomination '80 HELLER' appears in solid square panels at upper left and upper right. Above the vignette, the issuer legend 'NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE' arches across the top, with 'PICHL' in bold lettering within a cartouche and 'BEI WINDISCHGARSTEN' inscribed below it. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in olive-green on cream paper, the reverse carries an all-typeset text layout framed by ornamental Jugendstil-style borders with decorative guilloche panels across the top and spiral motifs in the corner cartouches. The central text block sets out the municipal resolution authorising the Notgeld, with the place and date of issue, the obligation to redeem the voucher by 31 December 1920, and the facsimile signatures of the municipal committee member and the Bürgermeister. Vertical side panels repeat the issuer inscription in small type, and the printer's imprint and designer's credit appear along the lower margin. |
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One of the thousands of Austrian municipal Notgeld issues printed during the economic collapse that followed the First World War, this 80 Heller note from Pichl bei Windischgarsten was a direct response to chronic small-change shortages as the old Habsburg monetary infrastructure disintegrated. The denomination itself — 80 Heller — is oddly specific, a quirk common in Austrian Notgeld where issuers calculated exact change requirements rather than rounding to convenient values.
The cosignature of Michael Mayr is worth noting: he served as Austrian Federal Chancellor from 1920 to 1921, and his appearance here in a local municipal capacity reflects the overlapping civic roles common in small Upper Austrian communities at the time.