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90 Heller Wolfern
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wolfern (Municipality of Wolfern) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1920 |
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| Reverse description | The plain cream reverse carries entirely typeset text in black letterpress, noting the second edition designation 'II. Aufl.' in the upper right, followed by a redemption notice, a counterfeiting warning, and the issuing authority designation 'Der Bürgermeister' in bold type at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | II. Aufl. Dieser Gutschein wird am 31. Dezember 1920 eingelöst. Nachahmung wird gesetzlich bestraft. Der Bürgermeister. |
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Wolfern is a small market commune in Upper Austria, and like hundreds of similar municipalities it resorted to Notgeld in 1920 when the postwar coin shortage left everyday transactions nearly impossible. The 90 Heller denomination is characteristic of the period's awkward arithmetic — change-making required denominations that no prewar monetary system would have bothered to print.
Austrian municipal Notgeld of this type was typically printed locally in small runs, with no central oversight of design or quantity. Redemption was theoretically guaranteed by the issuing commune, though in practice many issues were never redeemed at face value once the Krone began its terminal inflation slide later that same year.