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80 Heller Schönau
| Issuer | Gemeinde Schönau (Municipality of Schönau) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Red-printed note with a vignette of the Heilbad Schallerbach spa building set against a mountainous landscape at left. Ornate foliate border frames the denomination numeral 80 and Gothic script text at right. |
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| Reverse description | Black-printed reverse with an elaborate scrollwork border enclosing a descriptive text in Gothic script promoting the Heilbad Schallerbach mineral spa and its therapeutic sulphurous and radium-bearing spring. |
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Schönau — likely Schönau im Schwarzwald or one of several Austrian communes sharing the name — issued this 80 Heller note as part of the Notgeld wave that swept German-speaking municipalities between 1919 and 1922, when the postwar coin shortage made small-denomination paper unavoidable at the local level. Three signatories on a village-issued emergency note is not unusual; it reflects the communal council structure, where the Bürgermeister and two Gemeinderäte were typically required to authenticate instruments of this type.
The 80 Heller denomination is an odd one — most series clustered around 10, 20, 50, and 75 Heller — suggesting this value was calculated against a specific local pricing need rather than issued as part of a conventional set.