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90 Heller Hundsberg
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Hundsberg (Municipality of Hundsberg, Upper Austria) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 75 × 50 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in black letterpress on orange-tan paper, the obverse is framed by a decorative border of closely spaced comb-like serrated ornaments running along all four sides with corner flourishes. The central text field carries the denomination in a hierarchical typeset layout, with the issuer name in bold blackletter script. The lower portion bears a redeemability clause, a counterfeiting warning, and the facsimile signature line of the village headman. |
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| Signature(s) | Adolf Breitschopf (Ortsvorsteher) |
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Hundsberg is a small parish community in the Salzburg-border district of Upper Austria, and this 90 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept Austrian municipalities between 1919 and 1921 — a direct consequence of the coin shortages that followed the collapse of the Habsburg monetary system. Local Ortsvorsteher Adolf Breitschopf's signature carries the full legal weight here; these were municipal obligations backed by nothing more than community trust and the expectation of eventual redemption.
The 90 Heller denomination is atypical. Most Notgeld issues clustered around round figures; an odd value like this usually points to a specific local pricing need rather than a standardized issue.