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90 Heller
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Plochwaldwald (Local Commune of Plochwald, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 90 Hellers (0.9) |
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| Obverse lettering | GUT / SCHEIN / DER / ORTSGEMEINDE / PLOCH- / WALD / 1920 / 90 / HELLER |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green and dark red on plain cream paper, with a three-column layout defined by a chain-link guilloche border. The narrow outer columns carry a ghost watermark-style denomination underprint, while the central column contains the redemption clause in German letterpress text and, below it, the printed facsimile signature of the Ortsvorsteher. The edition number "1. Auflage" (1st printing) appears at the lower left, and a serial control numeral "1" is printed at the lower right. |
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Plochwald is a tiny settlement in the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria, and this 90 Heller Notgeld note is about as local as emergency currency gets — issued by the commune itself rather than any banking or municipal authority of scale. The 90 Heller denomination is an oddity; most Austrian Notgeld ran in round figures, and values like 90 were typically issued to complement 10 Heller pieces to make up a full Krone, suggesting deliberate pairing within a small local set.
Franz Steininger's signature as issuing authority reflects the direct, ad hoc nature of these rural commune issues, where the Bürgermeister or a local official simply signed the notes into existence.