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20 Heller black
| Issuer | Ortsgemeinde Lausa bei Losenstein |
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| Currency | Krone (1918-1921) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress Notgeld note with a detailed woodcut-style vignette of the village of Lausa bei Losenstein, centred on a church spire rising above a cluster of rural buildings set against a mountain backdrop. The denomination "20" appears in the upper left and "Heller" in the upper right, framed by a decorative scrollwork border. A ribbon banner across the lower portion of the vignette bears the inscription "Gutschein d. Ortsgemeinde Lausa b. Losenstein." |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Ortsgemeinde Lausa bei Losenstein haftet mit ihrem gesamten Vermögen diesen Schein in gesetzlichem Bargelde einzulösen. Nachahmung dieses Scheines wird bestraft. Die Einlösung erfolgt im Dezember 1920. Der Bürgermeister: |
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Lausa bei Losenstein is a small commune in Upper Austria, and this Heller note belongs to the wave of emergency municipal currency — Notgeld — that swept Austria during and immediately after the First World War. Central government coin shortages, driven by metal requisitioning and hoarding, forced even minor parishes to print their own fractional paper. Lausa's issue is among the more obscure examples, reflecting just how far down the administrative hierarchy the shortage reached.
The 20 Heller denomination in black printing suggests a minimal-cost production run, likely a local printer rather than a specialist security press.