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80 Heller Pichl bei Windischgarsten

Issuer Gemeinde Pichl bei Windischgarsten (Municipality of Pichl bei Windischgarsten)
Year 1920
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Currency Krone (1918-1921)
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Reverse lettering LAUT GEMEINDE-AUSSCHUSSITZUNGS-BESCHLUSS VOM 30. APRIL 1920, ZAHL 9/X, HAFTET DIE GEMEINDE
PICHL BEI WINDISCHGARSTEN
FÜR DIE VERBINDLICHKEIT, DIESEN GUTSCHEIN BIS ZUM 31. DEZEMBER 1920 IN GESETZL. BARGELD EINZULÖSEN
PICHL BEI W.-GARSTEN, AM 30. MAI 1920
G. SCHRÖCKENFUX GEMEINDEAUSSCHUSS
MICHAEL MAYR BÜRGERMEISTER
NACHAHMUNG WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT
GEZEICHNET VON WEESER-KRELL.
JOS. FEICHTINGERS ERBEN, LINZ.
NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE PICHL BEI WINDISCHGARSTEN
Signature(s) G. Schröckenfux and Michael Mayr
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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.

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