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99 Heller Lofer
| Issuer | Marktgemeinde Lofer (Market Town of Lofer) |
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| Value | 99 Hellers (0.99) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in deep red on buff paper, the obverse is dominated by an elaborate calligraphic scrollwork vignette occupying the left third of the note, rendered in an ornate interlaced Jugendstil style. To the right, the denomination 'Neunundneunzig Heller' is set in large decorative blackletter script beneath the header 'Kassenschein über', followed by the full redemption text in Gothic typeface affirming the liability of the Marktgemeinde Lofer, Land Salzburg, with a validity date of 31 März 1921 and the legend 'Nachahmung verboten'. Three facsimile signatures appear at the lower margin under the titles 'Der Vizebürgerm.', 'Der Bürgermeister:', and 'Gemd. Rat:', with the printer's imprint 'WAGNER, INNSBRUCK' at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large panoramic vignette of the town of Lofer set against the dramatic backdrop of the Steinberge mountains, captioned 'LOFER mit Steinberge', printed in dark red and ochre tones. Below the townscape, two large numeral '99' value tablets flank a central oval cartouche bearing the municipal coat of arms of Lofer — a standing figure with an anchor on a striped field within a horseshoe-shaped surround. The entire composition is framed by a decorative border of repeated foliate and geometric motifs, with the denomination '99' repeated in the lower corners and the inscription 'Markt Lofer Land Salzburg' along the bottom; the notation '2. AUFLAGE' (second printing) appears at lower left. |
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Lofer is a small market town in the Salzburg district of St. Johann, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it resorted to printing its own emergency currency — Notgeld — when the coin shortage following World War One made small transactions nearly impossible. The 99 Heller denomination is characteristic of the period's awkward arithmetic: post-war inflation and coin scarcity pushed communities to issue odd values that would never have appeared under normal monetary conditions.
Wagner of Innsbruck handled a substantial volume of Tyrolean and Salzburg municipal Notgeld, making their imprint one of the more common in the regional series.