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20 Heller Imst
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Imst |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress note in brown and ochre on cream paper, with two stylised carnival mask figures bearing elaborate floral headdresses flanking a central rectangular panel with the large denomination numeral '20', beneath which the municipal coat of arms of Imst appears. The heading 'STADTGEMEINDE IMST' is set in bold block lettering across the top, with the redemption clause and a facsimile Bürgermeister signature occupying the lower register. The printer's imprint 'DEUTSCHE BUCHDRUCKEREI G.M.B.H., INNSBRUCK' and the edition notice '3. Auflage' are printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress design in brown on cream paper, broadly mirroring the obverse composition but without the ochre underprint, printer's imprint, or edition notice. The same two carnival mask vignettes with floral headdresses flank the central denomination panel bearing the numeral '20' above the municipal coat of arms, with the redemption text and facsimile Bürgermeister signature in the lower register. |
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Imst is a market town in the Inn valley of Tyrol, and like hundreds of Austrian municipalities it resorted to printing its own small-denomination emergency money during the severe coin shortage of the First World War and its immediate aftermath. These Notgeld issues filled a practical gap — metal had been requisitioned, and small change had effectively vanished from daily commerce.
Deutsche Buchdruckerei G.m.b.H. in Innsbruck handled a substantial volume of Tyrolean municipal Notgeld, which accounts for the family resemblance across many issues from the region.