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90 Heller
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Pürstling (Commune of Pürstling, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on plain cream paper and is entirely typographic. A double sawtooth border frames the note on all four sides. The central field carries a block of justified German text stating the redemption terms and the anti-counterfeiting warning, followed below by the designation of the signatory and his printed name. |
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| Signature(s) | Johann Wagner |
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Pürstling is a tiny settlement in the Hausruckviertel district of Upper Austria — barely a village by any measure — which makes its participation in the Austrian Notgeld program all the more striking. The postwar collapse of the Habsburg monetary system left small communes without viable small change, and hundreds of these local emergency issues flooded out across Austria between 1919 and 1921, many signed by a single municipal official rather than any banking authority. Johann Wagner's signature here almost certainly represents the local mayor or a commune administrator acting under emergency authorization.
The 90 Heller denomination is characteristic of Upper Austrian Notgeld, which favored unconventional values specifically to discourage hoarding and encourage return for redemption.