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| Issuer | Gemeinde Pupping (Municipality of Pupping) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Pupping, O.-Ö. Die Gemeinde Pupping zahlt gegen diesen Schein den Betrag von ACHTZIG HELLER 80 ier Wochen nach veröffentlichter Bekanntgabe in gesetzl. Bargelde. Nachahmung ist strafbar. Der Bürgermeister: Fr. Haslmair. 1. Auflage. |
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| Reverse lettering | Was oana nöt kann, Kimmt an andan leicht an; A da Kléana laft mit, Den der Greßa nöt z'tritt. Kaltenbrunner. Lanz, Eferding |
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| Comments |
Pupping is a small parish municipality in Upper Austria, just west of Eferding, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1920 reflects how thoroughly the postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system forced even the smallest administrative units to print their own provisional notes. The Eferding printer Lanz handled several of these local Notgeld commissions in the immediate district, which accounts for the shared production quality across neighboring issues.
The 80 Heller denomination is slightly unusual — most Austrian municipal Notgeld clustered around rounder values. Whether this reflects a specific local wage or transaction need is unrecorded.