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80 Heller Wörschach
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wörschach Schwefelbad (Municipality of Wörschach) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper in a letterpress Jugendstil style. A central landscape vignette, framed by ornamental borders with interlaced ribbon motifs, presents an engraved view of Kurhaus und Hotel Bad Wolkenstein set beneath the ruins of Burg Wolkenstein on a forested hillside, captioned "RUINE WOLKENSTEIN" above. The denomination "80" appears in circular rosette cartouches at upper left and right, flanked by the word "Heller." on each side, with poetic verses in Gothic script occupying the lateral margins and the issuer inscription "der Gemeinde Wörschach Schwefelbad." set in large blackletter type along the lower edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 80 Heller. RUINE WOLKENSTEIN. KURHAUS u. HOTEL BAD WOLKENSTEIN. Thronende Feste Wolkenstein, Ragtest stolz einst im Sonnenschein. Nun hat dich der Würger Zeit mit Macht. Zu dem was du heute bist gemacht Und als Notgeld mich hervorgebracht. H.A. der Gemeinde Wörschach Schwefelbad. |
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Wörschach is a small thermal spa village in the Enns valley of Styria, and its 80 Heller Notgeld belongs to the wave of Austrian municipal emergency money issued between 1919 and 1921 when coin shortages became acute following the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. The "Schwefelbad" designation — sulfur bath — refers to the village's mineral spring spa, which was economically central enough that the municipality branded itself accordingly even on its paper money.
The 80 Heller denomination is atypical. Most Austrian Notgeld ran in round or half-round values; 80 suggests local pricing logic rather than a standardized series.