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80 Heller Sitzenberg
| Issuer | Municipality of Sitzenberg |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | KK Banknoten#1002 |
| Obverse description | Brown letterpress Notgeld note with a central vignette of Sitzenberg castle viewed across a river, rendered in a detailed woodcut-style illustration. The denomination numeral '80' appears in the upper left and right corners within decorative frames, with the town name 'Sitzenberg' in Gothic script across the top. Below the vignette, the text '80 Heller Kassenschein' is set in stylised Gothic lettering, with the artist's signature 'E.F. Hofecker' printed in the lower right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress reverse with an ornate border of ribbon and floral garland motifs terminating in bows at each corner. At the top centre, a decorative scallop shell and scroll cartouche suspends a small heraldic shield bearing the letter 'S'. The body of the note carries the redemption text in Gothic script, the issuance date 'Sitzenberg, 30. April 1920', the mayor's manuscript signature above the title 'Der Bürgermeister', and an anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. |
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Sitzenberg is a small Lower Austrian municipality, and like hundreds of similar communities, it issued Notgeld during the postwar economic breakdown when small change effectively vanished from circulation. The 80 Heller denomination is an odd one — most Austrian municipal issues clustered around rounder values, and the choice of 80 suggests a specific local pricing or exchange need rather than administrative convention.
E.F. Hofecker designed a number of Lower Austrian Notgeld issues during this period, bringing a consistent graphic sensibility to what were otherwise purely functional emergency instruments.