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90 Heller
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Eben (Commune of Eben) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 90 Hellers (0.9) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Ortsgemeinde Eben 90 HELLER |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Gutscheine werden auf Grund des Gemeindeausschußbeschlusses vom 23. Juli 1920 ausgegeben und bis 31. Dezember 1920 in gesetzlichem Bargelde eingelöst. Die Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Ortsvorsteher: FRANZ SCHMIEDINGER Auflage II/1 |
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Austrian Notgeld of this period emerged from a practical collapse in small-change supply after World War I. The Heller, already being phased out at the national level, persisted in local emergency issues precisely because communes had no alternative — the central government couldn't get coins to rural communities fast enough, and commercial transactions ground to a halt without fractions of the Krone in circulation.
Eben, a small commune in Salzburg, issued its own scrip under the authority of the Ortsgemeinde. Franz Schmiedinger's signature as the authorizing official is the sole guarantor of this note's validity — there was no banking infrastructure behind it, just municipal credibility and the expectation of eventual redemption.
The 90 Heller denomination is notably awkward, suggesting it was calibrated to a specific local pricing need rather than issued as part of a tidy set.