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90 Heller
| Issuer | Gemeinde Pram (Municipality of Pram) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 90 Hellers (0.9) |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in violet on cream paper, the reverse presents the voucher text in an elegant calligraphic Gothic hand within a simple ruled rectangular border ornamented with corner flourishes. The heading quotation appears in a smaller script at the top, followed by the denomination and issuing authority in large display lettering, with the redemption conditions set in a smaller text block below and the mayor's manuscript signature at foot. |
| Reverse lettering | "Deutsch ist unser Vaterland. Wir rufens stolz der ganzen Welt entgegen" Gutschein über 90 Heller der Gemeinde Pram-Oesterreich ob der Enns Diese Gutscheine sind unverzinslich, werden von der Ortsgemeinde Pram bis 31. Dezember 1920 in Zahlung genommen und über Verlangen in der Zeit vom 15.-31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargeld eingelöst. (Gemeinderatsbeschluss vom 22. April 1920) Die Nachahmung dieses Gutscheines unterliegt dem Strafgesetz. der Bürgermeister (Translation: "German is our fatherland. We proudly proclaim it to the whole world" / Voucher for 90 Heller of the municipality of Pram-Austria above the Enns / These vouchers bear no interest, are accepted in payment by the local community of Pram until 31 December 1920, and redeemable on demand in legal tender between 15 and 31 December 1920 (local council resolution of 22 April 1920) / Forgery of this voucher is subject to criminal law / The Mayor) |
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Pram is a small market town in Upper Austria, and this 90 Heller note is a product of the acute small-change crisis that followed Austria's defeat in the First World War. The new Republic had essentially no mechanism to supply denominations below 1 Krone to rural communities, so hundreds of municipalities printed their own emergency currency — Notgeld — under authorization from the central government. Gemeinde Pram was one of thousands that did so.
The Preßverein Linz, operating as Akademische Buchdruckerei, handled a large volume of such commissions across Upper Austria, which keeps print quality consistent but makes individual municipal issues difficult to distinguish without the issuing text.