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99 Heller Innsbruck
| Issuer | Notgeld-Sammlerbund Innsbruck |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1. Krone weniger 1. Heller 99 Heller WEIHERBURG Der Notgeld-Sammlerbund haftet für die Einlösung dieses Scheines in der Zeit vom 15. bis 31. Dez. 1920. Innsbruck, am 1. Juni 1920. DER SÄCKELWART: DER OBM STELLV.: DER OBMANN: |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Zuckerhütl glacier peak in the Stubai Alps, rendered in fine line engraving with bold contrasts of dark rock and snow-covered slopes within a semicircular frame. Edelweiss flower sprays adorn both lateral margins, and the denomination '99' appears in a terracotta roundel at upper left with the abbreviation 'Hl.' in a matching panel at upper right. The issuer name 'Notgeld-Sammlerbund' and place name 'Innsbruck Tirol.' are printed in gothic lettering in the lower corners, with the printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK' and edition mark '1. AUFLAGE' along the bottom edge. |
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The Notgeld-Sammlerbund Innsbruck — a collectors' association, not a municipal authority — issued this 99 Heller note not as emergency currency in any practical sense, but explicitly as a collectible. By 1920, the Austrian Notgeld craze had fully inverted itself: organizations were producing denominations specifically to be bought, traded, and never spent. The 99 Heller value is a deliberate collector's quirk, chosen precisely because it falls outside any standard monetary denomination.
Signed by three named association officers, including Obmann Anton Konsett and his deputy Leopold Fleppinger. Wagner was a well-established Innsbruck printer, used repeatedly for Tyrolean Notgeld runs of this period.