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20 Heller Anthering
| Issuer | Gemeinde Anthering (Municipality of Anthering) |
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| In circulation to | 31 January 1921 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on an ochre-toned ground, the obverse carries the issuer name 'Gemeinde Anthering' in bold Art Nouveau lettering at upper left. A central cartouche framed by elaborate scrollwork and floral ornament bears the redemption text in Gothic script, with a large stylised numeral '20' set within an intricate circular vignette of interlaced botanical motifs at left. A reclining putto figure appears at upper right amid swirling decorative elements, and the designer and printer credits are inscribed in small type along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on an ochre ground and centres on an oval vignette of a rural Alpine chapel set among conifers and deciduous trees, with stylised rays of light emanating from behind the steeple. A scrolled banner arching across the top carries the municipal and regional inscription, while the denomination numeral '20' appears in large ornate form at both left and right, flanked by diamond-shaped ornaments; the spelled-out value 'Zwanzig' and the currency unit 'Heller' are lettered along the lower margin. The entire composition is surrounded by a densely patterned floral and foliate underprint border in the Jugendstil manner. |
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Anthering is a small village north of Salzburg, and this 20 Heller note is a Notgeld issue — emergency small-change currency produced by Austrian municipalities during the coin shortage that gripped the country from around 1914 onward. The printing firm S. u. K. Müller was a local Salzburg operation responsible for a number of these regional issues, which kept it geographically close to the communities it served.
F.X. Stadler's involvement as designer points to a commission rather than a generic template — Anthering evidently wanted something locally distinctive rather than pulling from a stock layout. The JPR0046c designation within the Jaksc cataloguing suggests multiple variants exist within this Anthering series.