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90 Heller Schwarzenthal
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Schwarzenthal |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset notgeld coupon printed entirely in red on cream paper, with two horizontal rules bordering the design at top and bottom. The issuer's name 'Ortsgemeinde Schwarzenthal' appears across the top, followed by the word 'Gutschein' in large bold lettering on the left, beneath which a serrated decorative rule runs horizontally. The denomination '90 HELLER' is set in very large numerals and capital letters to the right, with the redemption deadline and an anti-counterfeiting warning inscribed at lower left, above the municipality head's printed name. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, showing only the plain cream-coloured paper stock with a faint horizontal laid pattern visible across the surface. |
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Schwarzenthal is a small Austrian village community, and this 90 Heller note is a product of the Notgeld wave that swept rural Austria between 1919 and 1921 — a period when chronic coin shortages forced even minor parishes and farming communes to print their own emergency small change. The odd denomination is characteristic of the period; issuers weren't mimicking standard coinage but filling whatever gaps their local economy actually needed.
Franz Zeilinger's signature as the authorizing official is the only administrative anchor tying this piece to a specific individual in the commune's records. Small-community Notgeld of this type was rarely printed in large quantities, and redemption rates were high once the Austrian National Bank stabilized the supply of small coins.