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80 Heller Sparbach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Sparbach (Municipality of Sparbach, Lower Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a uniform olive-brown tone on plain paper, enclosed within a decorative guilloche border of interlocking comb-and-step patterns. The central text field, set in spaced Gothic script, states the redemption guarantee of the Gemeinde Sparbach, pledging exchange for legal tender within 14 days of public announcement in the daily press. Below the text are three printed signature lines with facsimile manuscript signatures for the Vizebürgermeister, the Bürgermeister, and the Finanzreferent, followed by the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Dieser Gutschein wird von der Gemeinde Sparbach innerhalb 14 Tagen nach Verlaut- barung in der Tagespresse in gesetz- lichem Gelde eingelöst. Der Vizebürgermeister: Der Bürgermeister: Der Finanzreferent: Lith. u. Druck von F. Seitenberg, Wien III. |
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Sparbach is a tiny settlement in the Helenental valley southwest of Baden bei Wien, and its 1920 Notgeld issue reflects just how granular Austria's emergency currency problem had become — individual villages, not just towns, were forced to produce their own small-denomination scrip when the postwar coin shortage made everyday transactions impossible. The 80 Heller denomination is an odd one, suggesting it was designed to fill a specific gap in local circulation rather than follow any standardized series.
F. Seitenberg operated from Vienna's third district and handled numerous small municipal Notgeld contracts during this period. Workmanlike output, not a prestige commission.