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80 Heller Viechtwang
| Issuer | Gemeinde Viechtwang (Municipality of Viechtwang) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and carries a full-field landscape vignette occupying nearly the entire note surface within a dashed rectangular border. The scene depicts Burg Schärnstain castle complex set against a mountainous backdrop, with a tall onion-domed tower and curtain walls extending across rocky terrain; a sprig of edelweiss rises on the left foreground. The denomination numeral "80" appears in the upper left corner, with the castle name "Burg Schärnstain" rendered in Gothic script across the upper centre and lower area respectively, accompanied by the founding date "1204" at the foot of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | 80 BURG SCHÄRNSTAIN 1204 |
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Viechtwang is a small rural parish in Upper Austria, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1920 reflects how thoroughly the postwar coin shortage had penetrated even the most peripheral communities. Austria's copper and nickel had been consumed by the war economy, and the new republic inherited a fractured monetary supply that left municipal and even village governments printing their own small-denomination paper to keep local commerce moving.
The watermarked paper is notable for a note of this scale — most village-level Austrian notgeld of the period was printed on plain stock, with security features reserved for larger urban issues.