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20 Heller Herzogenburg
| Issuer | Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg |
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| Value | 20 Hellers (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown and red on plain paper, with an intricate geometric lattice underprint covering the entire field. At the top, the issuer's name appears in a Gothic blackletter typeface, separated from the central design by a double rule. A large circular red stamp-type vignette occupies the centre, bearing an ornate interlaced monogram, above and flanking which the denomination '20 Heller' appears twice in letterpress. Below the central vignette, a three-line text clause in Gothic script states the purpose and redeemability of the voucher. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein für 20 Heller zur Linderung der Kleingeldnot herausgegeben von der Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg. Nachahmung wird gerichtlich verfolgt. |
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Herzogenburg is a small town in Lower Austria best known for its Augustinian monastery, and during the First World War's acute small-change shortage, even modest local printers stepped in to fill the gap. Austria-Hungary's Heller coins effectively vanished from circulation after 1914 as hoarding took hold, prompting hundreds of municipalities and private firms to issue their own emergency Kleingeldersatz — substitute small change — on whatever press was available. Buchdruckerei Herzogenburg was simply the town's print shop, issuing its own notes to meet its own need.