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80 Heller Pressbaum
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pressbaum (Municipality of Pressbaum) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 July 1921 |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE PRESSBAUM ACHTZIG HELLER 80 HELLER PRESSBAUM, AM 25. MAI 1920 Gemeindebürgermeister Der Bürgermeister Für das Finanzkomite |
| Reverse description | Printed in black on plain cream paper, the reverse bears a large ornamental guilloche medallion in pale olive-gold as an underprint, over which a substantial block of German text sets out the conditions of issue. A decorative rule with scroll ornaments separates the heading from the body text, and a matching ornament closes the lower portion of the text block. |
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Pressbaum is a small market town in Lower Austria, west of Vienna along the Westbahn line. Like hundreds of Austrian municipalities in 1920, it issued its own Notgeld to address the chronic small-change shortage that persisted well into the post-war years — the central currency had effectively collapsed as a practical medium for everyday transactions, and towns were left to fill the gap themselves.
The 80 Heller denomination is among the more unusual values chosen by local issuers, who generally had latitude to print whatever amounts they judged practical for local trade.