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90 Heller Wörgl
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Wörgl (Market Town of Wörgl) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note is dominated by a large heraldic eagle in red and brown, crowned and bearing a shield on its breast, rendered in a bold Art Nouveau illustrative style. To the right, a central vignette within an arched frame bordered by edelweiss motifs presents a panoramic scene of the Battle of Wörgl on 13 May 1809, with figures engaged in combat against an Alpine valley backdrop including a wayside cross and a church spire. Below the vignette, the denomination '90' and abbreviation 'hl' appear in large ornamental numerals flanking the issuer inscription 'Marktgemeinde Wörgl Tirol'; the lower left margin bears the print run notation '4. Auflage'. |
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| Obverse lettering | DAS TREFFEN BEI WÖRGL am 13. Mai 1809. Marktgemeinde Wörgl Tirol 90 hl 4. AUFLAGE |
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Wörgl is best known for its 1932 "Freigeld" experiment — the stamp scrip that briefly made international headlines — but this 1920 Heller note predates that episode entirely. It belongs to the wave of Notgeld flooding Austria and Germany after the First World War, when central authorities could not supply adequate small-denomination coinage and local municipalities filled the gap themselves. Wagner in Innsbruck handled a considerable volume of Tyrolean emergency issues during this period.
The 90 Heller denomination is an odd one, suggesting it was calculated to meet a specific local shortfall rather than issued as part of a tidy denominated series.